To be honest, it made me want to go back in the kitchen and cook each course properly so that the chef and the proprietor could taste the difference. I can’t help it, I have a Gordon Ramsey complex. “Have you $@#%ing TASTED it???”
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Earthquake wreaks havoc on Chile’s Wine Industry
Early estimates put the loss at $975 million due to spillage from barrels and storage tanks damaged in Saturday’s 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile. Not since Prohibition has this much wine been spilled in one day alone.
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Part of my motivation to visit Freeman Vineyard & Winery was reading that co-owner and assistant winemaker learned about wine from her grandfather, a Japanese scholar. And that she shared the same first name as my study abroad hostess, Akiko.
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“A bottle of Chablis, hey now, that ain’t no stuff for me Chateau Timberley, as long as I can’t see Gallo or Muscatel, either one would be just swell I didn’t come here to fight, hey just as long as that ain’t white” -The Replacements, Red Red Wine There is an old adage that one should never cook with a wine that one would not drink. If one were to repeat this adage, one would […]
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This isn’t going to be another one of those tired old articles about how to not suffer too much during Lent. In fact, if you are a believer who devoutly gives up meat for the horrors of something like shrimp or sushi, you should probably stop reading right now and go get yourself some *&#%ing tilapia.
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The following is a transcript of “tweets” captured when the topic of Wine Bloggers, Wine Writers and Ethics was posted on twitter. I put them in time order, reversing the order one gets on twitter by using the hashtag #wss2010. I tried to include all those directly related to the discussion. @Meadowoodnews #wws2010 Moderator: Steve Heimoff. Panelists Michael Bauer; Heather John; Thomas Ulrich, CSU San Jose journalism department @vinography Starting conversation of ethics in wine […]
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I see this relentless need to beat a dead horse as posturing and turf battles between bloggers who see themselves as citizen journalists, giving their opinions to those yearning for knowledge and entertainment, and writers, whose livelihood is threatened by the “insurgent” bloggers.
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To celebrate Mardi Gras, Another Wine Blog is offering you a chance to win an autographed copy of a new cookbook by New Orleans’ World Class Chef John Besh.
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I have my way, it will be the last time that I ever set foot into a restaurant on Valentine’s Day. It is a day when the lure of a huge payday entices restaurateurs and chefs, who have spent years building a following and reputation, to over-book and under-deliver.
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