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Super Bowl Wine

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Jan, 2008
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Joe Power

Joe Power

With the Super Bowl right around the corner many of us are in the process of planning a party. While most fans don’t really have a dog in this race any more, we still all crowd around the television like this is a life or death event, and for some of the advertisers who often provide the best part of the entertainment, it just might be.

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Read the label!

Joe Power

The author of this article makes some very good points about reading the label when being served in a restaurant. Often we assume that the various acts that make up wine service are just formalities, or are out-dated traditions. This is a good reminder that they are practical and serve a very real purpose.
If the [...]

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Studies have shown…

Joe Power

Time and again we see headlines about how wine experts have been fooled by this or that. A few weeks ago it was that price influences how a wine tastes. More recently it has been that some experts couldn’t even tell the difference between red wine and white wine. Oh, these foolish wine drinkers! Has [...]

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Italian Wines

Joe Power

Italy is region that I do not know enough about with respect to either its wines or its geography. The one thing that I do know is that I like Italian wine quite a bit, and every glass I taste always causes me to make an empty promise to myself to learn more. This article [...]

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Interesting look at how a Sommelier can make a difference for an establishment

Joe Power

This article shows how the right person can change the entire direction of a restaurant. I love the following concept.
If you’ve ordered a bottle of wine that you don’t like at Johnny Delmonico’s, Craig Madigan would like you to please send it back.

Regardless of whether it’s bad or good, Madigan, the restaurant’s relatively new sommelier, [...]

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