We’re doing something a little different tonight… a book review. Friends of mine frequently ask me how they can become better at tasting wine.  While there are a lot of exercises and studying that you can do to improve your wine knowledge, there’s one piece of advice that I always give to people: take notes.  [...]

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OK, so no… I didn’t uncover leaked information about who won the Murphy-Goode Really Goode job.  But I do know who the real winner is, it’s Murphy-Goode. In case you haven’t heard about this let me give you the background.  The folks at Murphy-Goode wine set up a contest where they asked people to apply [...]

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This review is different from any other wine review on this site.  In fact, it’s not even a review as much as it is an experiment.  It’s not about introducing you to a new wine.  It’s about experiencing music with a wine and seeing what effect it has. For those who don’t know, there are [...]

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I’ve commented to friends in the past that wine has become a commodity. There are so many options, that wine producers need to do something different to break through the clutter. If you read the copy on wine labels and advertising, it all starts to sound the same. In order to do something different, some [...]

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I saw an article in the Cincinnati Enquirer today about a new wine restaurant opening in Cincinnati, named Lavomatic. It’s yet another establishment backed by Cincinnati restaurant mogul Jean-Robert de Cavel. The wine bar / restaurant sounds like something worth checking out. I particularly like the fact that they aren’t marking up wine prices as [...]

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With the presidential primary elections quickly approaching I started pondering: If I were to describe the 2008 presidential candidates by comparing them each to a type of wine, which wines would I pick? I tried to do this in a non-partisan way (i.e. I lambasted both dems and republicans, although a few got off clean).  [...]

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