"Craft beer is too hoppy. Discuss." I tweeted that the other day in response to this Slate article . It sparked a good conversation on the twittuh and it seemed worth continuing here.
While I like hops, there are a ton of hoppy and overly hopped beers in the market today as well as high-alcohol beers. But that's okay. It's probably a phase akin to liking high-alcohol, fruity wines dripping with 200% new oak. They're obvious and almost everybody gloms …
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…blueberries are fresh and the lobsters still pair as well with white burgundy as ever, I steered the Dr Vino mobile into the last exit for the New Hampshire State Liquor Store off of I-95. (Incidentally, the state store is also paired at the rest area with a "Made in New Hampshire store," as opposed to the " Christmas Tree Shops" along the way that might as well be called the "made in China store.")
My curiosity was piqued: was this state store a wine …
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Continuing the significant changes unfolding at the Wine Advocate over the past six months, the publication has announced new terms and rates for trade subscribers. Previously, subscriptions were line-priced at $ 99 a year. Going forward, trade subscriptions will be $ 199. What do they get for the extra fee? Employees can use the same login. And trade accounts get to reproduce the WA's scores and tasting notes as shelf talkers.
This is a bizarre choice for at least three reasons: it's …
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My confusion began when I first saw the story tweeted by Dr. Vino as a prank so that might have influenced the context of my first reading. Starting with true facts, the hallmark of the best April Fools pranks, it gets increasing strident and ridiculous. But like my ill-fated Charles Shaw post referenced above the joke was just too subtle and it launched some earnest posts in defense of Washington State wines.
As I write this, I have not been able to figure …
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Just catching up with this story ...last fall, Rogue Ales in Oregon announced they had sourced a new yeast strain from an unusual place-the brewmaster's beard!
Given the huge correlation between the hirsute and the hipsters, beard yeast could be the yeast El Dorado for "natural" wines. I guess the only question would be if it had to be labeled as such?
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In 1789, the price of bread surged in France. And in heads rolled as a result.
Another symbol of France-wine-is being threatened with a 1,000% tax increase. Will riots break out across the country?
Who is the man with a set of grapes big enough to dare provoke the ire of the French winegrowers and wine consumers? It's Yves Daudigny, a socialist senator from Aisne ("The Fightin' Aisne") in Picardie. I bet they don't even make wine in Picardie! Wait, what's …
Robert Parker included some tasting notes on Bourbon in the most recent Wine Advocate. Over at the blog Scotch & Ice Cream , the author didn't take too kindly to the fact that Parker put "his loafer-clad foot in our turf and has deigned to tell the masses what bourbon everyone should be drinking."
I'll leave you to discover the gems of the post yourself. But here's one: "Apparently the wine world regards scarcity as a measure of quality." …
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Rupert Murdoch, vintner? It's true. Unlike fellow billionaire Warren Buffett who has invested on the less glamorous (but more profitable?) distribution side of the wine biz, the media magnate is going for the glitz-near Hollywood, no less. He's buying what may well be the only winery in LA, the 16-acre Moraga Estate in Bel Air that was listed for $ 29.5 million. Murdoch broke the story on Twitter of all places; now the story has been picked up real estate blogs …
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I was in Flatiron Wines last week and the staffer offered to sell me two bottles of Verset they were brokering from a collector. Verset? But didn't he die a while ago? "Not Noël. They're from his nephew Ira."
He didn't know that much about the producer (whose name is actually Alain but really is Noël's nephew). I bought the 2005 and said a quick prayer to Bacchus that it would actually be worth $ 49.95.
When I got home, I turned to …
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From North Carolina to Connecticut, billions of creatures with eyes the color of blood and bodies the color of coal are crawling out of the earth. Periodical cicadas are emerging en masse, clambering into trees and singing a shivering chorus that can be heard for miles.
What makes this emergence truly remarkable, however, is how long it's been in the making. This month's army of periodical cicadas was born in 1996. Their mothers laid their eggs in the branches of trees, where they …
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