Category: News & Articles
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A trip around the world in 100 wines
I came across the Wine Century Club this past week. If you’ve tasted at least 100 different grape varieties, you qualify to become a member. They describe themselves as “consumers and promoters of uncommon wine grape varieties”. I love the idea behind this club: it’s all too easy to keep going back to the same bottles, so
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The end of the Champagne flute?
Last Thursday, Decanter magazine published several excerpts from their interview with Maximilian Riedel, the chief executive of glassmaker Riedel, on their website. He made several interesting comments about Champagne flutes, most notably that “flute-shaped glasses present Champagne as one-dimensional, flooring drinkers’ ability to appreciate the full range of aromas and taste profiles on offer” and
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Investing in Wine
I was asked this week about investing in wine, so I jotted down some thoughts. The question was whether buying wine in the hope that it will appreciate would be worthwhile. 1) Does investing in wine provide good returns? Between 2005 and 2008, prices for higher-end (i.e., investment-grade) wines increased substantially driven by continued demand from North
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Port confessions
I confess: I love Port. There is always a bottle of Tawny open and some bottles of LBV waiting to be opened at our house. But I’m getting ahead of myself. For those who haven’t had the pleasure of enjoying Port before, here’s a quick introduction. All Port comes from the Douro region in Portugal.
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It’s that time of year
It’s the time of year where wine magazines publish their annual Top 100 lists. The most famous one among them is arguably Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list, which came out last Monday. Despite the large amount of critique that this list receives every year, in my opinion it’s a list with 100 pretty impressive wines.
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August Article: To blend or not to blend
What’s with Apothic Red and other red blends showing up everywhere? I’ve always been a fan of blends, so this month’s article features some thoughts on blends: To blend or not to blend
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July Article: What’s the scoop on aging wine?
After the success of last month’s article (Why spend more than $15 on a bottle of wine?), I’ve decided to use the first week of each month to post an article as opposed to featuring a specific wine. No worries: a new blog post about another wine is already in the making for next week, but
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