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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | DR. VINO OCTOBER 7, 2010  In praise of mature wine But the rate may actually be higher than with young wines since the cork industry has taken some steps to reduce cork taint in recent decades.) | ALICE FEIRING NOVEMBER 28, 2007 Alice Feiring - In Vino Veritas Organic" WAS conventional, in that it was just-the-way-things-were-done, up until about a half century ago when chemical companies began calling on farmers (I interviewed one of the patriarchs of California agriculture recently, and he was the one who turned on that lightbulb for me. Main | Hearty Burgundy at Sanford? Do check it out. | | | | | |
| ALICE FEIRING APRIL 23, 2008 Alice Feiring - In Vino Veritas An industry answer to Fast Food Nation and Kitchen Confidential, the book paints a distressing picture of a world full of Frankenwines (my word, not Ms. If tales like that sound familiar, you may recall Mondovino, the 2004 Jonathan Nossiter documentary about globalization in the wine industry. Then theres the hardware. Welcome to Ms. | ALICE FEIRING DECEMBER 2, 2008 Alice Feiring - In Vino Veritas » California Dreaming: the debriefing December 03, 2008 Now that the wine blogging for the Times is put to bed, I am admitting to some withdrawal. One of the reactions Ive kept in the shadows is the extent of how much California perplexes me. am sure California and some Californians feel misunderstood by me. Acme bread. | ALICE FEIRING DECEMBER 14, 2008 Alice Feiring - In Vino Veritas FYI, my last bottles were drunk in the Rhone at George the Greek in 2004, pick up THE BOOK Which brings me to other night when I was barside at Balthazar comforting a friend. Turns out it was the 1998 Mont Mains and the Napa-based wine industry guy shared the wealth, he called it Chardonnay. California Chadonnay. JEALOUSY! | WINE TASTING GUY JUNE 29, 2008 Less know wine region(s) in the news Daniel mentioned the comparable latitude between the Walla Walla Valley and France's famous Rhone Valley, contributing as she puts it " roughly the same quantity and quality of sunlight ". Finally, I have heard many people compare the Mediterranean climate of Israel to that of the Southern Rhone Valley. | | | | | | | |
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WINE TASTING GUY | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2008 Polaner tasting standouts
Moving to the Rhone valley in France I tried some wines from Eric Texier. Domaine de la Janasse has several wines I was hoping to try but having skipped this table early on I was only able to taste the 2007 Janasse Cotes du Rhone Blanc. Making my way past the French wines I landed in the California section. don't know. MORE >> -
EAST VILLAGE WINE GEEK | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2007 Gettin' A little Chile in South Carolina
When shopping for wine in a place like Sam's Club one should focus on bottles not from California (unless the wine buyer caught the wine geek bug one day and ordered some boutique stuff that is quite good and in that case stock up before it is gone) but -in my experience- South American and certain Spanish and Italian wines of good quality. MORE >> -
EAST VILLAGE WINE GEEK | FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2008 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN MAY I PRESENT TO YOU THE ALPHABET CITY WINE CO. WINE STARTER KIT. Inquire within or by phone: (212) 505-WINE
The two most affordable wine regions you will see in a shop are from the Rhone Valley and Languedoc-Roussillon. And last but certainly not least we head west to California. Yes the poor thing has been over industrialized and exploited in the U.S. So the Alphabet City Wine Co. has been open for about a month now and all is well. MORE >>
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