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gtmcknight.com (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
“Our brain has been designed to believe itself, wired so that our prejudices feel like facts, our opinions indistinguishable from the actual sensation. If we think a wine is cheap, it will taste cheap.” - Jonah Lehrer on A blind wine tasting with Robert Parker (where wine experts couldn’t even tell if a wine was white or red, let alone if it was expensive). Perception is everything...
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Paramus Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ask a traditionalist about wine-and-food pairings, and be prepared for a lecture on the virtues of serving Rioja with rosemary grilled lamb chops or Champagne with oysters. Let the fuddy-duddies harvest these low-hanging grapes. Gary Vaynerchuk has fresher, zanier ideas. In a September episode of his video blog, "Wine Library TV," he raved about how the 2007 Landmark Overlook Chardonnay enhanced...
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the new bordeaux (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I've been back from the Wine Future conference in Rioja for a few days now, and have been hearing from a number of other attendees who agree that it was fascinating in parts, but patchy, with speakers dividing into those who stayed on point and talked about the future (the clue was in the title guys), and those who just talked about themselves, and their own organisations. One of the most interesting...
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cluelessaboutwine.co.uk (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
I caught a glimpse of my now seemingly Orwellian Telescreen last night "The instrument could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely." ...sigh... and noted that 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!' was attempting to turn the tables, granting me the role of Big Brother (the producers have failed to note that the concept of celebrity is so loose and ephemeral now, it...
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Bordeaux-Undiscovered (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Last week I had the pleasure of conducting a Vertical Tasting of both Chateau La Fleur Morange and the Second Wine Mathilde for the ‘Amicitia Per Vimum’ wine society at the Wig and Mitre in Lincoln. They had not come across these lovely wines before and having seen the scores and notes from Robert Parker and Jancis Robinson they were really looking forward to the tasting and certainly weren't...
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The Wine Whore - A Blog that Works for Wine! (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Wine tastings are a great way to learn about your palate but they can also be dangerous if you aren't properly prepared. Before you go swirling, sniffing, and sipping, make sure to follow these important tasting tips: Tip #1 - Dark Clothes Aren't Just for Vampires There's no better way to look like a moron than sporting a huge red stain down the front of your shirt. Not only will it make you look like...
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Joe's Dartblog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
One more, dear readers, from Saturday: a picture of the PoMo subter Corbu flim-flam Napa compound of the wine which presuming we do not find and auction at Bonhams & Butterfields a case of Falernian possesses the very lowest quality-to-price quotient in all viticulture: Opus One--the wine that makes you beg for Opus Zero. JOE ASCH agrees with Robert Parker about the older vintages of Opus One....
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Vinography (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
In an already crowded field of certifications for wine knowledge, add one more: the recently announced Parker & Zraly Wine Certification courtesy of Robert Parker and Kevin Zraly. While no doubt well intentioned and likely to be filled with good questions (Kevin Zraly is a renowned wine educator) it's hard not to see this as more than yet another revenue stream in the Robert Parker empire. Did...
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BATblog (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Great speech by Ryan Opaz at the Winefuture conference taking place right now in Rioja. I couldn't agree more with everything he says. Here's the link to Catavino: www.catavino.com When Robert Parker first started his newsletter in 1978, no one believed that an amateur outside the wine world could say anything worth listening to about wine. Then 1982 happened in Bordeaux, and Parker won the day. I...
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Grape Sense - A Glass Half Full (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Eric Soloman is a wine importer who just never seems to miss the mark. A couple of my wine retailer friends just shout the praises of this New York man with a nose and palate for great wine. Soloman is a big, big name in retail wine. He was named "Best Importer" by Food & Wine Magazine in 2006 and Robert Parker's "Wine Personality of the Year" in 2002. Ashley at Cork & Cracker...
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yumsugar (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
When I first received this bottle of Bordeaux in the mail, its Bad Boy name and whimsical label, which features a black sheep and an arrow labeled "garage," meant little to me. But after doing some research, I discovered the whole thing makes quite a bit of sense. The inky red wine, which is 95 percent Merlot and 5 percent Cabernet Franc, hails from the famous French region of Bordeaux,...
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RJ's Wine Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
One of the biggest requirements in the blogging world is authenticity. This is a space that demands transparency, openness, honesty, whatever you want to call it - but at the end of the day, people want to feel like they're hearing from and talking to real people. It's not like TV, where actors can play "real" people in ads and shows and people will buy it - many have tried to pass that off...
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Élevage (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Nothing so pressing for a full post, so let's hit it three dot style... There's another train wreck over on the Robert Parker bulletin board today with unspecified allegations of additives in zinfandel and unreported blending in pinot noir. Of course these things happen, but it gets tiring seeing insinuations that such things are common, without proof, then endlessly beat to a pulp in an alleged defense...
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The Wine Whore - A Blog that Works for Wine! (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
While traveling in France, one name came up repeatedly: Robert Parker. I haven't figured out if the French love him for bringing fame and fortune to their world of wine, or hate him for causing French wine to be crafted to fit his palate. One thing is for sure, Parker is the root cause behind too much wood in wine. By that, I mean that Parker's desire for new oak fueled the "overoaked" wine...
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