What Wine Criticism Could Be

Ben Ratliff is the Jazz Critic for the New York Times. If you look at his self-written bio at the Times he serves up what I've always thought would be a thrilling approach to wine criticism: "Music criticism can be...

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Today?s Headlines

Media Making Sport of Speculating About JSK’s Future (NY1, Post) Dom Recchia Prevails on DOT Not to Change the Dangerous Status Quo on Bay Ridge Parkway (Post) Will NYPD Ever Use Its License Plate Cams to Catch Drivers Who Maim and Kill? (NYT) Indy Dems Repeat Call for Forensic Audit of MTA (LoHud) DOT Adds a Batch of 43 [...]

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April 11 ? Florida Jim Cowan?s 2011 Tasting Notes Archive

The 2011 archive is presented by date the notes were compiled and submitted. Prior year’s tasting notes may be found here April 11, 2011 1997 Edmunds St. John, Sangiovese Matagrano: 14% alcohol; there is some cherry in the nose but it runs in the background of a soulful, umami profile that?s all about earth and [...]

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Academy of Wine Communications:Twitter Basics Immersion for Wineries

Our next meeting of the Academy of Wine Communications here in the Finger Lakes will be followed by an interactive Twitter Basics Immersion for Wineries for AWC members. The meeting and seminar will be held at Ravines Wine Cellars on Keuka Lake thanks to their offer to host us and let us utilize their wireless [...]

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Wine research through a distorted lens

Last week, an organisation called Wine Intelligence put out a press release concerning the apparent lack of trust consumers had in wine bloggers.I can only imagine it was intended to bait bloggers and commentators into some sort of argument to create headlines. Ryan Opaz and I talked about it and found there were simply too [...]

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Rodney Strong, Pinot Noir 2009

Since today is Valentine’s Day I thought I would post a romantic wine. Red Burgundy is world-renound as a silky and feminine wine of grace and balance. And Pinot Noir is the variety of red Burgundy which has been transplanted all over the wine world. California Pinot Noir has come a long way in a [...]

Rodney Strong, Pinot Noir 2009 originally appeared on Winecast. Licensed under Creative Commons.

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Leaked Photos Show Stylish Refreshed Dash for Volvo?s V70

Volvo’s V70?and presumably the closely related S80 and XC70?will receive a modest interior face lift, as shown in photos posted on the German website Motor-Talk.de. They show a nicely revised center stack, with a curvy design and a layout more like the S60′s. Up top, the navigation screen now resides in a nice shrouded compartment, [...]

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