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Highways through Bordeaux
on May 25, 2006You've got to love the web page created by winemakers opposed to a plan to run a highway through one of Bordeaux's most famous appellations. In French and English.
NYT and vintages
on May 25, 2006The NYT's Frank Prial wrote a good article outlining the impact of the new vintage rules (that we opposed earlier!) that just kicked in. He made great points about the fact that the AVAs of the US will remain at 95% while the more general descriptors...
TTB doesn't listen to consumers....
on May 3, 2006You will remember the small brouhaha about the Wine Institute's request to weaken US vintage dating rules a few months ago. Well, Tuesday brought word that TTB fulfilled the Wine Institute's wishes and US wines with a vintage date can now have 15% of...
Larmandier-Bernier
on Apr 28, 2006 in Champagne Been out of touch... Lots of travel... Lots of work. Noticed that Larmandier-Bernier, a great terroir focused Champagne, has switched US importers/distributors from Terry Theise to Dressner. Don´t have any insight on that part of the business, but a...
Argentina Everywhere!
on Apr 16, 2006 in Mendoza Seems like Dr. Vino and Vineography visited Argentina in the last week and enjoyed themselves a great deal. As we found, this country and its wines really are exciting. Dr. Vino:Mendoza's terroirAlta Vista TorrontesArgentine wine photosParillaMendoza...
Increasing cost of Argentine wines
on Feb 7, 2006We talked about the cost of Paul Hobbs' Los Cobos wine from Argentina the other day. Catie at Through the Grape Vine did as well. Now Mr. Asimov at the New York Times has chimed in with an extended column on Malbecs -- both from Argentina and France.