Cheap Pinot?

POSTED
Jan, 2008
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Joe Power

Joe Power

Pinot Grigio Grapes

This is an excellent article on Pinot Noir, and some winemakers who are striving to put it on all of our tables. Having tried some of these, I like what they are doing. Sure, they aren’t spectacular examples of the variety, but they are certainly very drinkable. I wish them all the luck in the world.

From the article:

It starts to feel a bit like unrequited love. What is the Pinot lover to do when the object of affection is so exclusionary, unobtainable? What if, instead of trophy worship, you wanted to make Pinot your house wine, the wine to pour each evening at dinner — without taking out any sub-prime loans? Where are the Pinots for the rest of us?

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Waiter, there is dirt in my wine!

How much dirt is in your wine?
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Changing roles of the sommelier.

This is a very good article about how the role of the sommelier has changed in recent years.
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Drink wine and smile.

Red wine is good for your teeth.
A class of chemicals in red wine grapes may significantly reduce the ability of bacteria to cause cavities, according to a US study published recently in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
That wine stuff! Is there anything it can’t do?

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Where is the best place to buy wine?

These days there is no shortage of places to buy wine. There is wine at the supermarket, there are huge chain package liquor stores, there are specialty shops, wine clubs, and Internet shopping available to almost all of us.
Personally, I use all of the above. There are plenty of good wines at reasonable prices [...]

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