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The Wine Curmudgeon

The Wine Curmudgeon

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Common sense talk about drinking, buying, and enjoying wine

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  • $10 Hall of Fame preview

    Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 06:43 in $10 wine, wine curmudgeon

    The Wine Curmudgeon is checking notes, re-tasting wine, and getting ready for the appearance of the eighth annual $10 Wine Hall of Fame. I'll post it on Jan. 4.But there is already one piece of sad news. Osborne Solaz, the Spanish red blend that has ...

  • White House dinner: A big to do about nothing

    Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 06:53 in wine trends

    The White House state dinner last week was a wine revelation. First, and amazingly, none of the four wines that were served were cabernet sauvignon, merlot or chardonnay.  Second, and even more amazing, the fourth wine was a bubbly from Virginia.So ...

  • Wine of the week: Casteller Brut Rosé NV

    Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 08:09 in wine reviews, sparkling wine, spanish wine, wine of the week, $10 wine

    The Wine Curmudgeon, as is well known, is a huge fan of Spanish sparkling wine, known as cava. In fact, my enthusiasm for cava, and especially Cristalino, annoys more than a few retailers of my acquaintance.One of them, in fact, insisted that the Cas...

  • Winebits 106: Wine prices, wine auction, counterfeit wines

    Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 07:15 in wine news

    · $100 era ending? Decanter, which is easily the best of the Wine Magazines, is noting that "The era of the $100-plus bottle may be over. ..." Its conclusion is based on a report from a key U.S. wine analyst, Silicon Valley Bank. This is a fascinati...

  • Expensive wine of the month 8: Gaja Barbaresco 2005

    Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 08:34 in wine reviews, italian wine, expensive wine

    One of the anchors of an ever changing wine world is a certain kind of Italian wine, which keeps what's best about Italian style and tradition and combines it with modern winemaking techniques. The Gaja (about $175, sample) is such a wine. But why no...

  • And the winnner is. ...

    Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 09:52 in wine curmudgeon

    Frankly, the Wine Curmudgeon couldn't decide who should win the bottle of Tormaresca Neprica, part of the blog's birthday celebration. So there are two winners -- Ryan, for his inspired poetry, and Emily, who managed to combine wine, being a graduate...

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