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Maxwell Park adds somm pizzazz to DC’s wine bar scene
A sometimes unheralded factor in Washington’s restaurant renaissance has been the active cadre of young sommeliers who have raised the bar for wine service. Some of them are now branching out, and they might just change the way we drink … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurants, Washington, Wine
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Happy Year of the Horse
Happy Lunar New Year, everyone! This is the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac, which has to be better than the Year of the Rat, just ended. (But enough about politics.) Having married into a Chinese family, we … Continue reading
Steven Spurrier on American wines
During my interview with Steven Spurrier at the Virginia Wine Summit in Richmond earlier this month, I asked him about his impressions of U.S. wines, 36 years after his famous Paris tasting put California on the world wine map. The … Continue reading
Posted in California, Local Wine, New York, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, Washington Post, Wine, writers
Tagged Steven Spurrier, Virginia Wine, Wine
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Worth Reading This Week: FBI arrests alleged fraudster; White House fails to keep dinner wine list secret
Some recent items of interest from the Wine-o-sphere: The FBI last week arrested flamboyant wine collector Rudy Kurniawan for wine fraud. It’s the first time the Bureau has taken wine counterfeiting so seriously. Mike Steinberger has some detailed analysis on … Continue reading
Posted in Bordeaux, California, Current Affairs, Merlot, Parker, Sparkling Wine, Virginia, Washington, Weblogs, Wine
Tagged Fraud, Parker, Wine
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Uncorked D.C. – Wine’s generosity at its best
There will be no Sneak Preview Wine of the Week this week, as my Washington Post wine column appeared already in today’s special Thanksgiving Food section. So I offer instead my prepared remarks at last Thursday’s Uncorked D.C. charity dinner, … Continue reading
Posted in California, Food and Drink, Local Wine, Sparkling Wine, Virginia, Washington, Wine
Tagged Thanksgiving, Wine
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More signs that local wine is being taken seriously
I’m beginning to feel a bandwagon effect. The buzz about local wines keeps getting louder. I just received an e-mail from The Bottle Shop, a small specialty wine retailer in North Potomac, Maryland. The store regularly sends e-mail notices about … Continue reading
Posted in Eastern US, Local Wine, Maryland, Rants, Regional Wine Week, Terroir, Uncategorized, Washington, writers
Tagged Local Wine, Wine
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The Spotlight Shines on Regional Wine
The regional wine movement – if I can get away with calling it that – continues to gain momentum and popular credibility. The latest spotlight came from USA Today, in an article in Wednesday’s edition headlined, “An American wine for … Continue reading
Posted in DrinkLocalWine.com, Eastern US, Local Wine, Regional Wine Week, Sparkling Wine, Virginia, Washington, Washington Post, Washingtonian, Wine
Tagged Local Wine, Media, Wine
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Sneak Preview #Wine of the Week: Efeste 2010 Riesling, Evergreen Vineyard, $18
Every Wednesday, I recommend six wines in my column published in The Washington Post’s Food section. This week, I’m so excited about one of those wines that I wanted to give my blog readers a sneak peek and – if … Continue reading
DLW2011 is This Weekend!
I haven’t been posting much lately because I’ve been too damn tired. And I was unable to make it to Taste Washington in Seattle, unfortunately. But I am excited that I’ll be able to get away this weekend to St. … Continue reading
Posted in DrinkLocalWine.com, Local Wine, Travel, Washington, Weblogs, Wine, writers
Tagged DrinkLocalWine.com, Local Wine, Missouri Wine, Wine
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Agh! Public Speaking – Seattle and St. Louis
In high school, I hated public speaking class. In grad school, I was a lousy teaching assistant. But maybe that’s because I didn’t have anything worth speaking about. Like wine, for instance. In the next few weeks I’ll be venturing … Continue reading
Posted in DrinkLocalWine.com, Food and Drink, Local Wine, Terroir, Washington, Washington Post, Washingtonian, Web/Tech, Weblogs, Wine, writers
Tagged Local Wine, Missouri Wine, Washington Wine, Wine
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