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Dependable Wines, Part Two

By Jon Thorsen

Last week, we looked at a group of ubiquitous white wines. All of these wines were under fifteen dollars. Some of them were under ten dollars. But what about...

March 3, 2015 in Wine Reviews
British Politician To Embassies: British Soil, British Wines, Please

By James Duren

It's not that Member of Parliament Tracy Crouch doesn't like the French; that would be a diplomatic snafu. It's the wine with which she has a boeuf.

March 2, 2015 in Commentary
Sniffing Sleuth Uses Science To Understand Smell

By James Duren

Welcome to the new fingerprint. This past week, Victoria Moore, a reporter with the United Kingdom-based The Telegraph, published a story about Alison...

March 2, 2015 in Commentary
Canned Wines Aluminate Otherwise Glassy-Eyed Industry?

By James Duren

Love 'em or hate 'em, it looks like canned wines aren't headed to the recycle bin just yet. This past week, Can Science News, a website run by the North...

March 2, 2015 in Commentary
Opa! Thessaloniki Wine Comp Ends Today

By James Duren

There's nothing like a wine competition to cap a month of change. In the midst of elections and a renewed sense of nationalism over the past month, Greece's...

March 2, 2015 in Commentary
The Magic of Mt. Etna

Mt. Etna is located in northeastern Sicily in the province of Catania. Viticulture on the lower slopes of Mt. Etna dates back millennia. We live, however, in...

February 27, 2015 in Wine Reviews
Wine Containers Contain Address Or Ben Hur's Unbestie

By James Duren

It's a few thousand years late, but now we can finally threaten Ben Hur's old nemesis, Marcus Valerius Messella Corvinus, with the classic, “I know where...

February 27, 2015 in Commentary
California Wine Wizard Sets Senses Makes Headlines For Powerful Palate

By James Duren

You'd be surprised what you can do with your eyes closed. This past week Sacramento Bee reporter Blair Anthony Robertson profiled Hoby Wedler, an expert...

February 27, 2015 in Commentary
Bloomberg Predicts The Next Eight Great Wine Regions

By James Duren

Tokaj, Maule, Yarra and Georgia. They may not sound like much now, but a recent article by Bloomberg reporter Elin McCoy suggest that these three wine...

February 27, 2015 in Commentary
English Showdown: University Students Carry On Sporting Tradition of Wine Tasting

By James Duren

There's much more going on here than a simple game of “Guess That Wine”. This past week National Public Radio's education reporter Gabrielle Emanuel...

February 27, 2015 in Commentary