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Thursday, July 3, 2014

On wine criticism, "The Purge" and situational quality

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On Tuesday night I was in a bleak mood after the U.S. defeat in the World Cup. A few days earlier I had nightmares, literally, of Portugal...
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Monday, June 30, 2014

Robert Parker launches another cowardly attack on sommeliers whose tastes differ

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I feel sorry for Robert Parker. He's plagued by chronic spinal pain, had an 8-1/2 hour surgery to rebuild five discs, and can only exe...
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Friday, June 27, 2014

Bad news update: Oakland A's dump wine for poorly made mixed drinks

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In April I was astounded to find the best stadium wine list ever at the Oakland Coliseum, which has almost no edible food for fans and is...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

"Wine Snobs" are worse than thieves: ABC News

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Wine lover, the mainstream media hates you. If a criminal breaks into a house, logs onto Facebook on the victim's computer and forgets...
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Monday, June 16, 2014

Wine Blog Awards 2014: Analysis and endorsements

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Earlier this year I, and at least one other former winner, got a phone call from Tom Wark, who created the Wine Blog Awards. His main ques...
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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Sherry vs. the California palate

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The soil is dry in Jerez and the sun is bright and hot Next week is SherryFest in San Francisco. It's the largest Sherry event ever ...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Lessons about 17th century Tuscan wine from a pretty drawing

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"Landscape with Wine Harvest" by Pietro da Cortona, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York recently made available 400,000...
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