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Another Nuance to the Specator's Black Eye

What I find most interesting about this week's Wine Spectator Restaurant Award debacle is not that WS was duped or their very defensive response. No, the most interesting part to ...

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Posted 14 weeks ago by St. Vini
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Robert Mondavi

There have been many fine tributes to Bob already, I'll only share a page of quotes from him. There are some gems here: http://www.robertmondaviwinery.com/flash/docs/A-Quotable%20RGM%202008.pdf and share a quote of my ...

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Posted 28 weeks ago by St. Vini
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Anniversary of the 1906 Earthquake
Filed under: barrel, government, investing, land use

Here we are 102 years after the 1906 San Andreas earthquake which shattered San Francisco. I hear some of you saying..."so what does that have to do with wine?" Plenty! ...

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Posted 32 weeks ago by St. Vini
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Beware rising wine prices
Filed under: energy, farming, marketing, shipping, sustainable

I can't imagine anyone still buying super unleaded these days, much less imagine someone buying 38 gallons of it at the same time.......but here it is: the $159 purchase! Maybe ...

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Posted 34 weeks ago by St. Vini
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March: out like a lion
Filed under: farming, land use, sustainable

And here just a few weeks ago I'd jinxed the season by mentioning that it didn't feel like we were likely to get a frost this season. And then the ...

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Posted 35 weeks ago by St. Vini
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75th Anniversary of Prohibition's REPEAL !

Saturday 3/22/08 is the Septuagesiquintennial (75th) anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition! And I'll bump my post from 2005's anniversary for the occasion: "Don't let this happen to you!" Every ...

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Posted 36 weeks ago by St. Vini
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Savor Sonoma, cheers & jeers
Filed under: barrel, biodynamic, terroir

This past weekend was the Savor Sonoma wine tasting event, and after inviting several friends to this barrel tasting event for the umpteenth time, I thought it'd be a good ...

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Posted 36 weeks ago by St. Vini
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the Myth of Price: Sex and Wine
Filed under: marketing

Eliot Spritzer, the soon-to-be-EX Governor of New York, provides an excellent reminder of the fallacy of "high price equals quality"... A recent article on MSN provides the story, one which ...

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Posted 37 weeks ago by St. Vini
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March...a time for vigilance
Filed under: organic, pests, sustainable

Well, I guess now there's no arguing that Spring is here. With daytime temps hitting the mid 70's, and lows in the high 30's, the trees and flowers have started ...

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Posted 38 weeks ago by St. Vini
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Amazon joins wine shipping debate

Amazon.com is joining the interstate wine shipping debate...and in a huge way! By looking to ship wine via internet sales, they are joining the ranks of other relatively smaller retailers ...

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Posted 38 weeks ago by St. Vini
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