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  • WINE (GREATER THAN) POETRY

    • Posted: 10/1/2016
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    As (allegedly) both a wine expert and a poet, I have an unique vantage point in this business.  And contrary to my inner mandate to make wine less of an elitism and more universal, it’s a bold statement to make:  wine is greater than poetry.  Certainly there is a confounding and awe-inspiring poetic aspect to wine.  My first introduction to Verité back in the year 2000, I likened it to the Pablo Neruda poem, Read article

  • Wine Department: Making Sense of German Wines, The Short Version

    • Posted: 9/15/2016
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    One of the hardest regions to tell customers about is Germany. It can be very complicated, yet once you are familiar with the nuances of the country and their wines, you are actually given a wealth of information to process.   

    But first, let’s talk about their grapes.

    While Riesling itself dominates the varietal landscape, there are many other grape varieties Germany produces that yield terrific wines in their own right.

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  • Wine Department: An Austrian Wine Primer

    • Posted: 8/6/2016
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    ​With regards to wine, Austria, more often than not, is lumped together with Germany, and is almost always misperceived as being a hub of sweet wines. Nothing could be further from the truth. Austrian wines are dry, most often BONE dry, with racy acidity that comes across the palate like a buzzsaw, yet offers gorgeous “meal-worthy” wines that entice and entrance your senses. Ideally suited for Asian cuisines – in particular, Vietnamese and Thai – Read article

  • Wine Department: Zinfandel

    • Posted: 7/6/2016
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    I had thought to write about the Cult Cabernets of Napa Valley, something befitting a tribute to our fair nation, and then I happened to attend a seminar on Zinfandel last month, and the notion of spending a little bit of time writing about what the world agrees is America’s grape seemed a more fitting patriotic salute.

    Nothing concrete is known about exactly how Zinfandel came to be in this country. More than likely,

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