If you deign to read tasting notes in this or other reviews, you encounter fervent attempts to render highly subjective sensations of nose and palate into memorable metaphors and florid adjectives. Continue reading
Category: Facts About Wine
Pick a proper pairing
Too many people make a big deal about food-wine pairing. God bless them, they mean well. Continue reading
Top brands
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Bottle Shapes
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Bottle Punt
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Bottle Colors
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Avoiding Wine Embarrassment
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Bottle Age
Pantheonic wine authorities-Robert Parker, Wine Spectator, Jancis Robinson, Stephen Tanzer, et al – sometimes pontificate a wine “will deliver greatest pleasure after 10-to-20 years in bottle.” Continue reading
Wine Numbers
Whatever you may think of them, wine scores helped make U.S. the world’s top wine consuming country. Continue reading
Internet Extortion
We already know, thanks to human nature, the internet can be wonderful, the greatest communications tool since Gutenberg played around with type. It also can be a savagely cruel and ruthlessly greedy place. Continue reading