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Pop Goes The… Something… (April 2016 Wine Product Round-up)
The April edition of the wine products round-up brings us two new items from the sample pool, both of which I can recommend with some reservations. How’s that for an endorsement?!? First up is the Vinturi Champagne Opener. Yes, you…
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That *Other* Antidote To Bordeaux-Bashing
As reported by Dr. Vino (and elsewhere), much-celebrated (and almost-as-often-maligned) consultant winemaker Michel Rolland was recently asked if there was an antidote to “Bordeaux-bashing” (i.e., a backlash against the Bordeaux region in general – and its most storied houses, in…
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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For April 11, 2016
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to…
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Pinooooooooooh Yeeeeaaaah (Two Exceptional Pinot Noir Recent Releases)
Sometimes, the wine sample pool giveth, sometimes the wine sample pool taketh away (usually it taketh away my hope), and sometimes – very rarely – the wine sample pool giveth and then giveth some more. Today’s focus is the latter;…







