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Read this in conjunction with my overview of the current Slovenian wine scene. The following is a collection of tasting notes on 156 Slovenian wines taken mainly in Slovenia... |
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Find the red Find the white One marked trend I’ve noticed on wine lists in Paris recently is an increase in the number of Vins de Table offered. The very limited list at the... |
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As a board-certified allergy physician, as well as an avid wine enthusiast, I have long been interested in the myriad intersections between wine and medicine. In particular, there have been... |
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Here is another tranche of tasting notes on Germany’s rather gorgeous but very varied 2005 vintage: wines from Gunderloch (imported into the UK by ABS Wine Agencies who also import Leitz... |
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These, for ease of reference, are all my tasting notes to date on Germany’s 2005s, amalgamated from German 2005s – mainly Mosel, Nahe and fruity and German 2005s – mainly... |
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David Schildknecht, OH: You write in Should screwcapped wines be tasted before being served? that "Some Australian wine judges incidentally believe that it is... |
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My notes on the German 2005s I have tasted so far are arranged alphabetically below by the producer’s (sur)name, ignoring words such as Schloss and Weingut. If no grape variety is cited, it... |
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Joe Asch, Hanover, NH: What does is mean that a wine is marked by ‘reduction’, what the French call a ‘ go ût de réduit ’?... |
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Damien Casten, Candid Wines, IL: I'm just back from two fantastic weeks of tasting in the Loire, Champagne, Alsace and Burgundy and am enjoying reading through the wealth... |
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Visiting a wine producer near Perpignan in the far south of France last August, I was surprised to bump into one of my fellow wine writers Monty Waldin reaching deep into a sack of dried nettle... |
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Terence Hughes, New York: Oak chips finally accepted throughout Europe I don't know what your feelings are about this, Jancis, but it seems like a huge backward step to me. Pretty... |
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These are my (obviously) unedited notes taken while listening to Egon Müller presenting the wines described in tasting notes at the tasting event described in wine news . The vineyard... |
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Philip Harvey, Dorset: I know you must have discussed this plenty of times before on this site, but just what is that 'wet wool' taste that affects some white wine? It seems to come up most... |
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Fellow Master of Wine Igor Ryjenkov of Toronto has sent me the following interesting observations on the effects and incidence in South Africa of the Brettanomyces spoilage yeast which, being... |
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David Morgan, UK: I have a general and then a specific question about the ageing of white wines, prompted by your recent Tesco better buys piece: - What principles do you apply when tasting... |
