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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;…
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No, That Oral Microbiota Study Did Not Invalidate The History Of Wine Tasting
Let’s start with the short version: we all need to calm the hell down. If social media reaction is any indication, the wine world is losing its shiz over the potential implications of an interesting study highlighted recently on The…
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