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Humboldt Out of the Blue (Chile’s Cooling Current)
At this point, I think that Chilean wine is almost running out of marketing angles. To be fair, we’ve seen a whole hell of a lot of those angles over the years, and pretty much all of them have been…
“A Giant Mess”: Navigating Tariffs for Decanter
A quick note today to tell you about a bit of content that I helped pen for Decanter: Ostensibly, this is a promotional feature, but it’s not so much promotion-y as it is topical, highlighting what wine importers (and, ultimately,…
Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for April 21, 2025
2022 Merry Edwards Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir (Sonoma County): Brambly, bright, buoyant, beautiful. $60 A- 2022 Merry Edwards Richaven Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley): Cherry fruit that’s at once bright also insanely deep. Mineral, with graphite notes and bergamot, earth,…
Me, and the Ladies (Maculan Recent Releases)
I’m preparing to jump into some extended coverage of California’s Livermore Valley (with which I have a fairly long history at this point), but before that goes down, I though that I’d drop a quick post about tasting some recent…
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