White Burgundy 2008: An Opportunity Soon to Pass
If you are not too stricken with fear regarding a possible budgetary apocalypse to consider making a purchase, I’ve got...
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The Nebbiolo Prima Tastings: Roero and Barbaresco
If the doom-sayers are correct and we’re all in big trouble due to climate change, then we might as well...
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WRO’s Gerald Boyd Inducted into Wine Writers’ Hall of Fame
The Wine Media Guild has voted Gerald Boyd into its Wine Writers’ Hall of Fame. Only 23 wine writers have...
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An Impressive Showing for South African Chenin
If you attend enough wine tastings and seminars, it becomes pretty clear that all winemakers everywhere think that their wines...
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Can the Tie for Father’s Day. Daddy Wants Port!
I don’t know your father, but being one myself, I can say with strong assurance that he does not want...
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Crisp Whites New Niche for Chile
If you ask most wine lovers around the word to draw a mental picture of wine from Chile, they’ll see...
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Down for the Count: Burgundy Felled by Killer Bees
There’s an old saying for contests that have degraded into mismatches: “If it were a fight, they’d have had to...
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Light Is Right
Spring is bringing warmer weather all across the northern hemisphere, with predictable results: Meals are turning lighter and fresher, and...
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Easy as One, Two, Three: A Flying Start on Pairings
With Mother’s Day, graduation parties, wedding season, and Father’s Day all bearing down on us, countless people are quaking at...
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