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August 14, 2010

Fine wines – The Future of Wine Criticism Gets Clearer

Category: Uncategorized. Posted by Noel at 1:30 pm.

The Future of Wine Criticism Gets Clearer
It’s been interesting watching the reaction to James Suckling’s retirement from the Wine Spectator announced a couple weeks ago (note: I wrote this post 11 days ago but only posting it now due to some issues with my blog software). I first found out about it on Twitter where the discussion was a mix of [...]

The Future of Wine Criticism Gets Clearer originally appeared on Winecast. Licensed under Creative Commons.

Winecast 76?Merlove
Five years and one day after I started this blog and podcast I get back behind the mic and restart regular podcasting. This episode features an interview with Rudy McClain, the filmmaker of the documentary Merlove. I also pick three Merlot wines from my tasting log for review. Show Notes: 00:30 – Welcome and show [...]

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Best Wine Blog Posts for March 16th through March 31st
Best of the wine blogosphere for March 16th through March 31st: Top 10 Tips for Traveling Spain – Don t Forget the TP!! Oops! When famous wine writers get it wrong PLAYMOBIL WINE BAR STIRS OUTRAGE Come see us at Wine 2.0 this Thursday Jack Keller s Disappeared Wine Blog Update European Wine Bloggers Conference, 2009 – [...]

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Do Critics Still Determine Wine Styles?
By way of Josh Hermsmeyer, I found Tina Caputo’s fantastic self-produced short film, “Robert Parker’s Bitch.” The basic premise is that wines today are big, bold, and over-oaked designed, ‘…to taste and spit,” and not savored with food. The question on the table is if Robert Parker and Jim Laube largely determine today’s wine styles [...]

Do Critics Still Determine Wine Styles? originally appeared on Winecast. Licensed under Creative Commons.

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