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Restaurant Wine Prices: They’re Either Too High or Too Low
I’ve reblogged a couple of Mike’s pieces before. I just find them incredibly well written, completely thought out and generally very informative. This one comes your way with double kudos (1) I learned (or at least relearned) a lot about … Continue reading
For the Love of Very Dry White Wine
This post comes under the classification of: flashback, fond memory, or senility, you decide. As I read through some wine blog comments and replies last night one of them mentioned that they wished there were more really dry (less sweet … Continue reading
IT’S Back!! –The Weekly Wine for April 4, 2013
The WW has been AWOL for a while, but a worthy selection came from the depths of my cellar to take the challenge. Tim Olson’s “The Cooper’s Art” Sarah – Dry Creek Valley, 2012. When I bought this wine I … Continue reading
Posted in Craft Wines, Sarah, Tim Olsen, Wine, Wine Making, Winemakers, Wines
Tagged Finding_Our_Features, Red Wine, Sarah, Tim Olson, Wine, Wine Making, Wine Varieties
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Life Observed Through the Bottom of a Wine Bottle
We’ve all heard the phrase “looking at the world through the bottom of a bottle”. Well I did just that and had to be stone cold sober to pull it off. I’ve been having some fun lately using empty wine … Continue reading
Posted in Hodgpodge, Life Balance, Whimsy, Wine Glasses, Wine Photos
Tagged Whimsy, Wine, Wine Bottles, Wine Photos
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Craft Wine? Craft Beer’s Innovation Edge (and What Wine Can Do About It)
A year or so ago I did a post on Craft vs. Production Wines, but didn’t give Craft Beer a thought. The Wine Economist (Mike Veseth) just produced an absolutely outstanding post setting Craft Wine against Craft Beer. It is … Continue reading
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Writers Block for a Wine Reviewer
Writers block comes in a number of forms for serious writers. It can be lack of ideas, stress, being unhappy with ones writing, or a lack of validation (self mostly). For a wine reviewer there can be another reason, wine … Continue reading
Posted in Craft Wines, Life Balance, Production Wine, Whimsy, Wines, Words, Writing
Tagged Varitals, Wine, Wine Terms, Writer Block
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Coming Soon To a Wine Blog Near You.
I told you a few weeks ago that I would be changing up the character of Poor Robert’s (Wine) Almanac to give it a new and more exciting look and feel. I wasn’t talking about giving it a new visual … Continue reading
Posted in Alice Longhurst-Jones, Argentine, Craft Wines, Hodgpodge, Malbec, Mendosa, Wine, Wine Making, Wine Tasting, Winemakers, Words
Tagged Alice Longhurst-Jones, Argentina, Craft Wines, Malbec, Wine, wine industry, Wine Regions, Wine Varieties, Writing
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Wino Forever: A True Story of Infatuation
Okay so I am spending way to much time reading other blogs and not enough writing my own, This piece by The Wine Culturist, really got me, not because of the Johnny Depp references, but because now in retirement I … Continue reading
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