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Sweet
March 17th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
A whole blog about Sauternes.
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When Conventional Wisdom Goes Wrong
March 15th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
U.S. wine exports were down 9.5% in value last year, according to The Wine Institute, but almost 15% by volume. Does that mean that more expensive wines did better than less expensive wines? Is this not the opposite of what everyone believes is happening in the world wine market?
Last year, the U.S. exported 418 million [...]
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Counterfeit Bollinger
March 14th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
Because Champagne just doesn’t have enough problems.
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Adulterated Wine: The Documentary
March 13th, 2010 by Tom Johnson
The British documentary series Dispatches looks at adulterated wine. It’s 47 minutes long and Channel 4 producer/reporter Jane Moore gets a little huffy about things that aren’t really all that consequential. I, personally, don’t get all that cranked up about oak chips, for example. On the other hand, by the time she gets to the [...]
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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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