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Well, That Was Easy. Not. (“The Once And Future Of Crete” In August 2014 SOMM Journal)
My feature on the wines of the Greek isle of Crete is now available in the August 2014 issue of SOMM Journal. That twenty-two word sentence belies what has to be one of the longest paths to seeing something published…
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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For August 11, 2014
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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Lower Alcohol Wines Can Still Get You Sh*t-faced (What We Drank With The Greeks, Part III)
If you are under any delusions about lower (under 14% abv) alcohol wines being inherently superior to higher (15% abv and above) alcohol wines, let my recent foray into the lonesome and loathsome territory of sweating profusely from dehydration and…
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The Wine Blogging Community Is A Joke (But It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way)
During the recent Wine Bloggers Conference in Santa Barbara, I performed one of the more self-serving actions of my entire life (and that’s saying something, right there). During Corbett Barr’s keynote speech, I clapped deliberately and loudly when Barr told…
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