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Why America Is The Very Best Place In The World To Drink Wine

So I was sitting at home last night drinking a really lovely bottle of 2000 Guiseppe Rinaldi Barolo and thinking a lot about what makes for a great wine drinking experience in restaurants.  For sure it...

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The Two Most Inspiring Restaurant Teams I Know

A close friend recently texted me to say he had secured a table at Alinea for the “21st Century Limited” dinner with Eleven Madison Park and wondered: “are you in?” Naturally, I didn’t hesitate a...

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What’s Wrong With A Vintage Mentality?

I’m sitting upon a plane to NYC  and thinking that it’s just about this time each year that a particular issue comes to mind.  The vintage reports are coming in and headlines in trade publications and...

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A Selfish Post Not About Wine Or Food Or Travel

I’ll begin by saying that this little post will bear no resemblance to anything I’ve written thus far.  Nor will it likely befit that which I’ve represented to you, the reader, as ‘likely topics.”...

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Make Your Wine Drinking Smarter – Finally An App Worth Using

First, a quick word of thanks to those of you who read yesterday’s post.  Many of you shared some very uplifting feedback and I really appreciate this.  Now, as promised, we’re back to the wine and I...

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Smash The Box…With Jeremy Seysses Of Domaine Dujac

Smash The Box… With Jeremy Seysses of Domaine Dujac Entrance To Domaine Dujac After a brief hiatus – and many thousands of miles in planes and cars – I’m back.  Back on a plane that is – on the way...

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Chasing The Volcano (Or Channeling Malcolm Lowry)

Under (And Around) The Volcano.   Mountains In Southern Mexico I’m currently on a plane to Europe for some wine work and I’ve got an opportunity to sit and reflect upon one of the more interesting...

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What Is Robert Parker Good For Anyway?

In all the fuss about Parker selling The Wine Advocate, I think it is worth remembering what critics are really good for in the first place. Like many, I’ve been following the week’s developments,...

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Why Tecate Is Greater Than Orange Wine

Tecate > Orange Wine Yup, we might be right about there – that place where we’re kicking a dead horse.  And that would be cool, because then it would be truly over.  I think that Ron Washam, who...

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The Importance Of Blind Tasting OR, You Have To Crawl Before You Can Walk

Note: This is perhaps more of a letter to wine professionals but whatever, enjoy. I’m a fan.  I like doing it.  It’s sporty (which isn’t the point but it’s fun.)  It makes me smarter (more to the...

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