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So We Beat On, Each Holiday a Rest Stop Along the Great Interstate Highway of Time

March 2nd, 2010 by Tom Johnson

Winebloggers, apparently, like to break the year into topical morsels. Or maybe we’re just short of ideas. Either way, we spot an approaching holiday and get right to work making rules about what people ought to drink that day: which wine to drink with Thanksgiving dinner. Christmas wines. Quick segue to New Year’s Eve sparklers. [...]

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I’m a Plane Ticket and a Label Design Away From Being Rich

January 14th, 2010 by Tom Johnson

Over at a Linked-In, a  Wine 2.0 discussion turned to the Century Club, the quasi-organisation of people who have tasted the wines of 100 different grapes. One of the discussion participants has dedicating this year to knocking off 40 more varietals so she could be a member.
Which led me to post this:
Maybe this represents a [...]

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And You Wasted Your Time With Champagne

January 6th, 2010 by Tom Johnson

Some people celebrated New Year’s Eve with Falling Catfish.

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New and Improved Tasting Notes

December 21st, 2009 by Tom Johnson

This wine blogging takes up a lot of my time, and I’m running out of taste descriptors. From now on, all tasting notes will be generated by computer.
Here’s what I’m drinking tonight.

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“Dintinctly Fruity Overtones are the Mark of a Good Sommelier”

December 16th, 2009 by Tom Johnson

The Onion does wine appreciation.
Hat Tip: Regular commentor Wally.

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Neologism of the Day

December 9th, 2009 by Tom Johnson

According to the New York Times Magazine:
Wine Flu / n. / An annual pandemic whose outbreak coincides with the holidays, usually the morning after an office party, as in, “If last year’s silly season is any indication, our entire staff is going to be out with wine flu.”

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The Prosecution Rests

October 7th, 2009 by Tom Johnson

In a pre-trial bail hearing, the defense attorney for a Boston man accused of stealing a $20,000 bottle of wine kind of let the cat out of the bag when he explained that his client didn’t know the wine was worth that much when he stole it.

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