We started with five days of your nominations for the wine person who most personified the decade 2000-2009. Although if you read Frank Rich or Paul Krugman , you might not exactly want to epitomize this decade, the Naughties.) And in the end, after 2,842 votes were cast, the winner was clear: Eric LeVine, founder of CellarTracker.com ! MORE >>

We all know that Spanish wineries looooove critics, so much so that they would pay extravagant fees for a “ master class ” by a point-wielding critic on “ a freelance.” ” The good folks at Torres have decided to wear their hearts on their sleeve by putting the score right on the front label! Spanish wine MORE >>

had succeeded beyond my wildest dreams—he already spoke like a critic.” In a series of post that will go directly into the Wine Blogging Hall of Fame, check out the return of the Hosemaster of Wine and his three-part series, PARKENSTEIN! Mary Shelley would be proud–if she were a wine geek. wine writing MORE >>

The researchers feel their initial hypothesis has been confirmed and conclude that the opinions of wine critics do have an impact on a wine drinker’s sense of taste. Instead he went to the trouble of overnighting a bottle of it to the critic in question. The results are not surprising, really. Siegrist et al. appet.2009.02.002. MORE >>

For those who haven’t checked out the saga (see Felix Salmon’s excellent summary over on Reuters.com ), an influential critic gave a wine brand called Sierra Carche the score of 96, retailers sold the wine touting that score, but many consumers then found the wine undrinkable (as the critic also did 10 months later). MORE >>