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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | | | | DR. VINO OCTOBER 6, 2009 Natural wines, premox, chenin blanc, 07 Port and Rhone – John Gilman John Gilman, author of the newsletter The View from the Cellar , joins us again for a Q&A. You have a long piece about premature oxidation in your current newsletter. But I do not want folks to misconstrue these comments about vintage hype in the Rhône as my taking pot shots at other wine critics, as this is not the case. | ALICE FEIRING APRIL 23, 2008 Alice Feiring - In Vino Veritas Fire-charred barrels can add notes of smoke, espresso, vanilla and butterscotch, which are catnip for catching the attention of important American wine critics. To drink anything more ancient or unadulterated, youd have to dip your cup into a stream, crack a coconut or milk a cow. Then theres the hardware. Welcome to Ms. Feirings nightmare. | | | | | | | | | -
DR. VINO | MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2009 Screwcaps, scores, riesling, the Loire, Cali cab: John Gilman part two We’re back with Part Deux of our interview with John Gilman, author of the newsletter A View from the Cellar ( part one is here ). California cabs from the 70s. California cabs from the 2000s. But where I think scoring of wines has gone really off track is with the so-called “objectivity” school of wine criticism. MORE >>
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