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From Wine Curmudgeon
This year has been nothing short of a revelation for regional wine. First, there was the stunning quality of wines from the other 47 states in The Dallas Morning News and TexSom competition. Then, there was Maryland?s winning effort at... ... Quick Read |
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From Wine Curmudgeon
Rhone wines remain a mystery to most American wine drinkers, and not just because they have very French names and are often difficult to find on store shelves. It?s also because they?re made with grapes that aren?t cabernet sauvignon and... ... Quick Read |
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From Wine Curmudgeon
? Wine over the phone: Never thought you would see the words wine and telemarketing in the same sentence, did you? But several California companies are making the concept work, reports the Press Democrat in Santa Rosa. VinoPRO handles phone... ... Quick Read |
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From Wine Curmudgeon
The Wine Curmudgeon has been remiss in updating the cyber-ether on the progress of the Cheap Wine book, which was scheduled to appear sometime in the next six or eight weeks. That's not going to happen; call it the vicissitudes... ... Quick Read |
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From Wine Curmudgeon
Reviews of wines that don?t need their own post, but are worth noting for one reason or another. Look for it on the final Friday of each month: ? Rene Barbier Rose NV ($6, purchased, 12.5%): Not quite $10 Hall... ... Quick Read |
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From Wine Curmudgeon
Or, as my pal W.R. Tish phrased it in the headline for my story in Beverage Media magazine: ?Boom go the Millennials?. The wine business has mostly accepted that the Millennials, born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s,... ... Quick Read |
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From Wine Curmudgeon
? Back up the truck: I spent a considerable amount of time as a young newspaper reporter writing about crime, and one learned certain truths. One of which was that thieves like simple ? simple to carry off, simple to... ... Quick Read |
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From Wine Curmudgeon
One of the Wine Curmudgeon?s regular rants is how old-fashioned, unsophisticated, and wrong-headed most wine marketing is. This is the industry, after all, that still sees wine drinking as the province of middle-aged white men. Innovation? Nope. Education? Nope? Mostly,... ... Quick Read |
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From Wine Curmudgeon
The Willamette Valley in this wine?s name is important, because Cornerstone is more than just an Oregon producer. It?s actually better known for its Napa Valley wines, including a high-scoring cabernet sauvignon that makes the wine geeks giddy. In some... ... Quick Read |
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From Wine Curmudgeon
The best news from Drink Local Wine?s fifth annual conference over weekend in Baltimore is that the local wine movement is, finally, about more than wine geeks. It?s about local, and that?s as it should be. One of the things... ... Quick Read |
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