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CategoryWillie Mays, Christopher Walken & the Next Napa Valley
Willie Mays was the National League’s Rookie of the Year in 1951. Though Jackie Robinson had received the same honor in 1947, winning the ..
Can’t We All Just Drink Along?
There’s a new battleground. Folks are choosing sides and sneering at the opposition with a passion usually reserved for sports rivalries. ..
U.S. Wine Exports and a Down-Under Perspective
U.S. wine exports for 2018 valued $1,457 billion in 2018, according to just-released reports based on U.S. Commerce Department data. While..
Has the move away from new oak in Chardonnay gone too far?
Blake Gray recently opined that “austerity is in for Napa Carneros Chardonnay.” He based this on a tasting in which he and I both particip..
Red Wine Bias among Wine Critics?
Yesterday, The Wine Curmudgeon (Jeff Siegel) posted an interesting article on Expert Scores and Red Wine Bias. He pointed to a study b..
6 Observations on Wine Quality Today
Here six brief observations on wine quality today, based on the goodly quantity of wine I’ve tasted over the past year or so.
- Thi..
Wine Ratings: A Practical Look at Points Scores
The 100-point wine rating system is here to stay.
Love them or hate them, points-based wine ratings are not going away. And, after man..