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Tasting Notes Smackdown - wine Style
Filed under: Opinion

A few years ago I did a piece on the pretentiousness of tasting notes and how it simply had to stop. Today, I read a piece from Joel Stein on ...

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Posted 23 weeks ago by Kevin Erskine
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Here's the Deal
Filed under: Miscellaneous

Today I am in England. I'm here to serve as a judge in the International Wine & Spirits Competition. Then I'll be seeing friends, and drinking in pubs. When I ...

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Posted 38 weeks ago by Kevin Erskine
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12 days of Scotchmas: 1968 Glenfarclas
Filed under: 12 days of Scotchmas, Discounts

Continuing our "12 days of Scotchmas" gift guide. ANOTHER discount from our friends at Kessler Wine & Spirit - they must like you guys. U.S. MARKET ONLY: Kessler Wines & ...

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Posted 50 weeks ago by Scotch Blog
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Pssst, Wanna buy some PC5?
Filed under: Purveyors

Apparently the Port Charlotte PC5 is pretty tough to get - if you can find it. Well, I'm here to hook you up. The Wine Specialist (Washington, DC, USA) has ...

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Posted 52 weeks ago by Scotch Blog
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Ratings revisited and the horror of "Edvertising"
Filed under: Advertising, Magazines, Opinion, Whisky Business

I hate ratings. We'll get to whisky in a bit, but first, take a walk with me into the strange and unbelievable world of wine critique. The triumvirate of wine ...

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Posted 59 weeks ago by Scotch Blog
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Sherry IS wine, dumbass.
Filed under: Guest Writer, Opinion, Whisky Production

Today's story comes from the inimitable Mark Reynier of Bruichladdich. This is a response to purists who decry the use of wine casks for additional maturation. There is a school ...

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Posted 79 weeks ago by Scotch Blog
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Get your Blue engraved in DC
Filed under: Promotion

The Wine Specialist (Washington DC, USA) wants everyone to know that that they can get your bottle of JW Blue engraved anytime of the year: I noticed that you had ...

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Posted 80 weeks ago by Scotch Blog
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In Vino, Veritas.
Filed under: Distilleries, Guest Writer, Products

Tyler Colman, also know as Dr. Vino, writes one of the best wine blogs out there. He was recently invited to sample the Bowmore line and wrote about it on ...

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Posted 86 weeks ago by Scotch Blog
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Whisky Fest NY SOLD OUT
Filed under: Events

This in from from Amy Westlake... The good news is that we sold out of WhiskyFest NY tickets on Friday, October 13th. The bad news is the event is not ...

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Posted 111 weeks ago by Scotch Blog
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A visit to the Laddie
Filed under: Distilleries, New Products, Travel, Whisky Production

Much as it is the obligation of every Muslim to make “the Hajj”, the pilgrimage to Mecca; it is the obligation of the whisky lover to make the pilgrimage to ...

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Posted 111 weeks ago by Scotch Blog
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