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Aging Wine
Many readers want to know how their wine will (or can) age. Most wines today are made to be consumed within a short period...
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Byron, Rebranded
Santa Maria Valley's Byron Winery has a new look and feel starting with the 2006 reds and 2007 whites.
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2002 Rio Seco Estate Cabernet Franc, Paso Robles.
This offering is deep smoky garnet in color with good clarity. A focused, fruity nose of currant and cherry with a prominent note of black olive backed by hints of moist earth and truffle...
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Party Games
Steve Heimoff, today, wrote an interesting post about the importance of tasting blind. The core of his argument is that it eliminates taster bias and it levels the playing field.I disagree vehemently. In short, blind tasting is a fun exercise and can make for an entertaining party game.I believe tasting blind, while eliminating “cues” of [...]
