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Potential for Trouble: High
March 9th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
A wine tasting that describes itself thus:
Find out for yourself what Girl Scout Cookies pair best with selected wines
More than anything else, it’s the winking emoticon that scares me.
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I’ve Heard of People Saving Corks for the Memory, But Aren’t We Being Just a Bit Literal Here?
March 5th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
Wine cork USB thumb drive designed by Arwye Wan. Here.
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“Suddenly, the Condiments Started Shaking!”
March 3rd, 2010 by Tom Johnson
From ESPN Outdoors.
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While I’ve Been Out of Town, the Plot to Take Over the World Continues Apace
February 18th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
The closest thing the wine business has to a James Bond villain, Fred Franzia, takes control of 585 Wine Partners. 585 is a financially distressed holding company that owns Red Truck, Picket Fence Vineyards, Bivio Italia and Steelhead Wines.
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What I Learned Yesterday at the Wine Writer’s Symposium
February 17th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
It pronounced “TOKE-a-lahn,” not “toe-CAL-un”.
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Apparently, I Have to Have a Sample Policy
February 11th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
One of the things I’ve noticed, reading 5,000 wine blogs a day, is that every single one of them has a policy about accepting free wine free wine for review. There are wine blogs out there that show no sign of ever having had a visitor, and they have these incredibly ornate and lawyerly policies [...]
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Have You Ever Been to Grand Junction? I Mean, There’s Every Possibility This Isn’t a Mistake
January 29th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
An email release calling attention to Grand Junction, Colorado’s inclusion as a finalist in Korbel’s Most Romantic City promotion included a link to the Death Notices page of the Grand Junction Sentinel newspaper.
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Why British Wine Critics Are So Stuffy
January 18th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
They have a lot to compensate for. The British, after all, invented the modern wine trade. They lead the world in the polite tippling of clarets and Sherry.
It must break their hearts that the younger generation is abandoning all that genteel tradition not only for White Zinfandel, but in favor of a heavily caffeinated swill [...]
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How to Drink Much Better for Not Much More
January 5th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
Of all the New Year’s Resolutions people make, the easiest and most enjoyable to keep is this: I’m going to drink better wine without spending a lot more money. Here’s how you do it:
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Pretty
January 4th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
The Whine Whore redesigns.
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