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| | WINE TASTING GUY OCTOBER 17, 2010 Israeli wine is the best! Call it writer’s block, call it a much needed vacation or blame it on the J-O-B…what can I say? I took 10+ weeks off from blogging. It is like the gym, once you stop going for a while, getting back into the routine can be difficult. Well, I’m back…and with a purpose. I’m here to [.]. | | IMBIBE NEW YORK OCTOBER 19, 2010 Bubbly on the North Fork On Saturday, I drove with David along the North Fork, to research an upcoming article on the sparkling wines of Long Island for Edible East End. What follows is a few photographs from the excursion. Pictured above is Eric Fry, the winemaker at Lenz. Disgorging bottles at Lenz. In the cellar. Gilles Martin, the winemaker [.]. | | | | | | | |
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VIGNA UVA VINO | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2010  Cantina Di Soave Launches Three Brands
One of Veneto's top producers, Cantina Di Soave has launched three new brands and National Sales Manager Gary Grunner poured samples at Columbus Circle Wines. The brands include Duca Del Frassino, a Premium Wine-In-A-Box, Re Midas, an all new fresh affordable everyday indigenous wine, and Rocca Sveva on the higher end. retails for about $22. MORE >> -
A WINE STORY | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2010  Robert Mondavi Private Selection
in these economic times everyone is looking for a way to get great quality wine at a value. The "private selection" name sounds posh but the bottom line is that this new brand offers both value and quality because of the Mondavi name. Jammy and rich are good descripters here. MORE >> -
DR. VINO | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2010  In-store wine customers: you are chumps
“Greetings in-store customers: You are all chumps.&#. I’ve never actually heard a wine store broadcast that message over a loudspeaker. But that’s the message they are sending with their pricing. The other day, I found a great wine at the sharp price of $18.39 a bottle via a local wine store’s web site. Caveat emptor! MORE >> -
BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2010  JD Headrick's Wines at Rouge Tomate
I was very fortunate to be invited to dinner by JD Headrick , the philosophical and articulate wine importer based in North Carolina. Headrick's portfolio is small, but well selected. But if you consider only his Loire producers, his portfolio is large - 20 producers. He also has several excellent producers in wine geeky appellations in the Loire. MORE >> -
DR. VINO | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2010  Wine bottle deposits come to Arizona [poll]
You want that wine on the shelf in Flagstaff, AZ? It’ll be $7.99–plus a $2 refundable deposit. No, it’s not as if officials Arizona have implemented a bottle deposit law that would increase recycling and/or reuse while raising millions of dollars for state coffers. Are you into this idea, in theory? MORE >>
- Regional Wine Week 2010 WHY WINE BLOG | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2010
- Wines from Arnaldo-Caprai in Montefalco, Italy A WINE STORY | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2010
- Drinking Dönnhoff Young: Riesling and the Art of Minimal Sacrifice BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2010
- Starbucks wine bar, Japan’s embassies, hospital, Dagueneau – sipped & spit DR. VINO | MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2010
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