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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Wine collectors are the scourge of wine lovers

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Wine collectors are as bad for wine lovers as irresponsible mortgage brokers were for house buyers. You'd think there would be consi...
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Monday, September 17, 2012

The world's biggest wine bottle

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I'm just there for size comparison If you create the world's biggest wine bottle, you get to name it. So Michel Drappier calls t...
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Friday, September 14, 2012

Industrial art: The beauty of fermentation tanks

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These photos are from Nicolas Feuillatte, a large co-op which makes some very nice Champagnes, particularly the Palme d'Or Brut Rosé 2...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

California vintners: Brag about your low pH here

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Hey California vintners, are you making refreshing, well-balanced wines? Then brag about them here. Harvest threads usually tout brix le...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

A delicious 30-year-old rosé

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Christophe Defrance holds the '82 Rosé des Riceys Last week in France, I had perhaps the most delicious and interesting wine I'v...
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Monday, September 10, 2012

Jean-Charles Boisset shows cojones by mocking Wine Spectator

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Jean-Charles Boisset is a dynamic force, coming from Burgundy to buy and transform California wineries and marry Gina Gallo. You'd think...
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Thursday, September 6, 2012

81% of readers don't believe Wine Spectator

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My readers clearly don't believe Wine Spectator, by a resounding margin. However, that may actually be good for Wine Spectator. Wh...
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