Articles by Gregory Dal Piaz
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Badass Wines
So you think you’re a badass? Then you better be prepared to drink some badass wine. In fact, there’s almost a hierarchy of badassery involved as we...
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Top 10 Grenache Producers-Value Wines
I started building this list week, when I felt compelled to segment my Top 10 Grenache Producers list because I simply could not trim the list to 10 without...
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Destination: Grenache
When I think of getting up and going somewhere to experience Grenache, France jumps to mind first. Where else but along that arc of La Belle France that...
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Top 10 Grenache Producers-Top Wines
These top 10 producer lists are always a challenge. The challenge is not finding 10 producers, but rather whittling down a list to 10 and settling on the...
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Extreme Wines: Aging Edition
There are plenty of ways a wine can be extreme: alcohol, extraction, even age. The following five wines are some of the most unusual extreme wines. What...
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The Daily Rant from Piemonte
Sitting here bleary eyed and jet lagged in Verduno, Piemonte, heart of Barolo country and I just had to get things started. This is the place to find the...
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Grenache Tasting Notes
Grenache is one of the wine world’s great chameleons. Not only does it successfully change character from place to place, but it seems to change from...
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8 Must Try Wines from Chile
So, I spent a week in Chile and this is all I can come up with? A list of five wines. What a slacker! Truth be told, I have several lists in the works, all...
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7 Mistakes Wine Drinkers Make
We are all guilty for these mistakes wine drinkers make because we all make them. I know some might argue that it should just be about the wine and how it...
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Wedding Wines Part II
Last week I laid out simple rules one could use to determine how much wine to buy for a wedding reception, though it could easily have been applied to...