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Mudgee Wine Region

October 30, 2019 Steve 2 Comments

One of the post-excursions offered after the 2019 Wine Media Conference was a trip to visit the wineries in the Mudgee Region in New South Wales. Our group was made up of 19 wine writers on “a wine summer camp bus trip” .

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Posted in: Opinion, Wine, Wine Industry, Wine Region, Wine Science, Wine Tasting, Winery Filed under: Growing, Opinion, wine, Wine Critics

Wine Tasting Terroir

December 28, 2018 Steve Leave a comment

I have asserted for years that just as there is a terroir that effects the grapes used to make wine, there is a terroir of wine tasting as well.

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Posted in: Opinion, Wine, Wine Industry, Wine Science, Wine Tasting Filed under: Growing, News, Opinion, wine, Wine Critics

Red Mountain AVA Part Two: On the Farm

October 16, 2018 Steve Leave a comment

In this, the second part of my Red Mountain adventure, I will describe this area and the legendary figures we…

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Posted in: Opinion, Wine, Wine History, Wine Industry, Wine Science, Wine Tasting Filed under: Growing, News, Opinion, wine, Wine Critics

Red Mountain AVA Part One: What was I thinking?

October 15, 2018 Steve Leave a comment

  I used to say that I found Washington State wines overripe, over-extracted, and lacking structure. I used to avoid…

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Posted in: Opinion, Wine, Wine History, Wine Industry, Wine Region, Wine Science, Wine Tasting, Winery Filed under: Growing, News, Opinion, wine, Wine Critics

Young Guns of Mendocino County

January 2, 2018 Steve Leave a comment

  Fetzer winery hosted a few of us wine bloggers at their Bonterra Vineyard as part of an excursion before…

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Posted in: Opinion, Wine, Wine History, Wine Industry, Wine Science, Wine Tasting Filed under: Growing, News, Opinion, wine, Wine Critics

Greek Wines, Opa!

August 12, 2017 Steve Leave a comment

  Ahhh… to be Greek! When you think of being Greek, do you think of swilling wine with the Gods,…

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Posted in: Opinion, Wine, Wine History, Wine Industry, Wine Tasting, Winery Filed under: Greek, Opinion, wine, Wine Scoring, Wine Tasting, Winery

Let’s be Clear: Good Wines are Good Wines, Period.

May 18, 2017 Steve Leave a comment

  I just finished re-reading an article entitled, “Let’s Be Clear: Bad Wines Are Bad Wines, Period”, written by Eric…

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Posted in: Opinion, Wine, Wine History, Wine Industry, Wine Science, Wine Tasting Filed under: Growing, News, Opinion, wine, Wine Critics

Fizzle, Fad, or Future

May 1, 2017 Steve Leave a comment

There is a saying attributed to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus who said, “The only thing that is constant is change”.…

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Posted in: Opinion, Wine, Wine History, Wine Industry, Wine Region, Winery Filed under: Farming, Growing, wine, Winery

Wine Traveler Necessities

April 24, 2017 Steve Leave a comment

I travel quite a bit, as a wine blogger and in my professional life as well. I have traveled all…

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Posted in: Opinion, Wine, Wine History, Wine Industry, Wine Region, Wine Science, Winery Filed under: Farming, Growing, wine, Winery

Biggest Concern, Climate Change or Bad Weather?

April 22, 2017 Steve Leave a comment

As a blogger about the wine industry, I pay attention to trends and stories in the news about the wine…

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Posted in: Opinion, Wine, Wine History, Wine Industry, Wine Region, Wine Science, Winery Filed under: Farming, Growing, wine, Winery

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