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NY Liquor Authority to Wine Library: “immediately cease and desist” 23 Aug 2013 | 06:59 pm
New York law states prohibits wine shipments from New Jersey retailers to NYS residents. But you’d never know it since New Jersey is home to many wine shops that sell wine online to New York and beyon...
Decanting decanting 23 Aug 2013 | 01:57 am
Another decanting article = sigh, right? I gave the topic a whirl in an article over on wine-searcher.com to separate the good advice from the sediment. I am not even synthesizing it here since it w...
The economics of wine and lobster 19 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
The past few summers, wholesale lobster prices have plunged lower than the ocean floor. Yet lobster prices in restaurants have remained unaffected, a disconnect I have pondered over many a lobster rol...
The Daily Show on raisin growers 19 Aug 2013 | 06:46 pm
The Daily Show’s Jason Jones heads California to examine the National Raisin Reserve. I hope he also got a chance to tap into the nation’s wine reserve, while on location! The post The Daily Show on...
Wear your wine glass — on your ring finger 16 Aug 2013 | 01:22 am
Savor the wine bling of the day: a tiny cognac snifter that attaches to ring. In fact, there are other size glasses–click the image for the full lineup that is putting the “wear” in glassware. I hope...
Chardonnay mêlée 12 Aug 2013 | 05:54 pm
The folks at Kermit Lynch wine merchants started a minor twit-flagration the other day by tweeting this provocative quote from the esteemed importer himself: “To me Chardonnay means white Burgundy, an...
Chart of the day: soda down, wine up 2 Aug 2013 | 07:14 pm
Americans love soda so much that we drink 44 gallons a head last year. But soda sales have slowed, as Americans drank 52 gallons of soda in 1998. So that’s a decline of 18%. Even though that change ha...
Francois Pinault buys Araujo Estate #billionaire #napa 26 Jul 2013 | 02:40 am
The famed Eisele vineyard of Napa Valley has a new owner: Francois Pinault, number 74 on the Forbes billionaires list. Pinault’s Artemis Group, which owns Chateau Latour among other wine properties, h...
The most dangerous ways to open a wine bottle [VIDEO] 24 Jul 2013 | 11:15 pm
No corkscrew, no problem for this guy. All you need is a samurai sword, a blowtorch, a golf club, a chainsaw… Which is your fave? I liked the first one and the “epic win.” The post The most dangerou...
What’s the point? Chateau Montrose edition 24 Jul 2013 | 08:13 pm
Here’s an interesting chart from the folks at Liv-Ex: Chateau Montrose 2009 is valued at $1,400 more a case than Montrose 2010. The 09 surged when Parker gave it 100 points. (The price did not move on...
