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Harvest 2007 Could Be Your Vintage, Too . . .
Believe it or not, the 2007 vintage is underway in various parts of the northern hemisphere, a point driven home when I tried to...
Under My Radar No More
Some days, tasting a batch of new wine releases seems a bit too much like work; just another day of drudgery at the office. Then...
More Reader Survey Blowback
As we get deeper into our Wine Review Online Reader Survey (see the button, top right) I will offer observations from time to...
Explaining the Wine Review Search Tool
We are only a few days into our Reader Survey here at Wine Review Online, but already I can see that some people -- a couple,...
Avignonesi, an Undervalued Gem from Tuscany
I dined last night at an unpretentious Italian restaurant in the Old Town section of San Diego, close enough to my home in...
Wine Broad Takes the Heat Out of the Alcohol Argument
Ever since Napa winemaker Randy Dunn unleashed his broadside against the rising level of alcohol in modern wines, various wine...
Wine Marketing 101: It’s All in the Name, Stupid!
On the rare Sunday, while sipping a steamy mug of Sumatra Monkeypod coffee, warmed for the third time in my very expensive...
Rising Tide in the Douro
Since a recent visit to Portugal I am watching closely the rise of wines from the Douro Valley. I refer not to the...
The Value of ‘Old Vines’
Although the stunning 2005 vintage of Bruno Clair's Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Dominodes is just being released (at about $85 a...
Wine and Winery Evolution, A Case In Point
My friend Ira Gourvitz purchased the Fallbrook Winery north of San Diego about ten years ago and has been pushing the envelope...
Passmore’s Got A Brand New Blog!
Our buddy Nick Passmore just launched his new blog, Nick on Wine, and it's chock full of good things, from Nick's always hip...