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• September 2011

  Greetings all,I have just returned from Shanghai, where I was invited to be a judge at the Shanghai International Wine Challenge. Actually, I was called in for a judge who could not make it... But it was a thrilling experience, which you can read about on my website, with plenty of pics.In the meantime, I have had time to reflect on my time that... Read More

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• September 2011

  OK, expect several other Bordeaux chateaux  to experience price rises in the near future. We saw it happen when the Chinese went gaga over first growths, as well as DRC. Now RP is helping the Bordelaise spread the net a bit further.He's helped Hong Kong auctioneers ("Wine Future Hong Kong" on Nov. 8)  with a category he apparently calls the 'Mag... Read More

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• August 2011

  I have just recently encountered the expression "black glass tasting."  It sounds like in a black glass tasting, the participants are using black glasses so that they cannot discern the color of the wine.  I went to Wikipedia and saw this sentence regarding the rationale behind black glass tasting, "A taster's judgment can be prejudiced by knowi... Read More

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• July 2011

  Hi All,   I have a few thoughts/questions that I would appreciate comments on. I have been some-what seriously drinking wine for about eight years now. I am 61 years old and before the "wine enlightenment", drank mostly micro-brewery and other not so chic types of beer. Every year now for the past four, I have held a blind tasting of different r... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Wine Ratings

  
  

• July 2011

  When I first took up wine as a true hobby a few years back, I assumed that what makes a wine enjoyable was about 50/50... Half of the credit goes to the consumer, each of whom has a unique set of habits, preferences, and neural networking. The other half goes to the vintner, who carefully selects his crop, critcally oversees the winemaking proce... Read More

  Forum post in the topic Just HOW Subjective is Wine...

  
  

• June 2011

  The cork vs. screwcap as a wine bottle closure argument/discussion has been done more than once on these pages.  My point here is to encourage some discussion around the merits (or lack-there-of) of arguments in favor of cork as an ethical choice, similar to choosing organic wines, etc.The journalof the Ecological Society Of America published th... Read More

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• June 2011

  I would like to buy a case of wine that we could cellar for about 20 years. My daughter was born in 2006, and we would like to cellar a wine until her wedding. We would like to keep costs to a minimum, but I do realize that quality does have its price. Our tastes tend to change over time, but the last couple of years we have taken a liking to th... Read More

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• May 2011

  Just won a bottle of their red wine in an online competition draw.  Waiting for it’s arrival so I don’t know what it tastes like yet.It’s a bottle that doesn’t name the country of origin or grape variety on their label, only the brand  ‘Pig In a Poke’ and  the name ‘Old Spot’  with either Red, white or Rose.Pig  in a poke means   to buy (receive... Read More

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• February 2011

  One topic leads to another! How many of you think cork taint is less common than it was a few years ago? I think things have gotten better and I know of at least one cork broker who has a method of purging the TCA out of the corks before delivery. Plus, they work with a very sophisticated wine lab and the QC is much better. What do you think? Read More

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• January 2011

  The rules of probability seem to indicate that the powers that be on this site are stealing tasting notes from members of Cellar Tracker and posting them here without proper permission/attribution.  This is my first, last and only post to ask members why they would put up with such behavior. Read More

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