Dr. Vino's wine blog
February 3, 2012
00:00
The state of the wine market, 2012
When asked the last time he had mistaken Burgundy for Bordeaux, Harry Waugh famously replied, “not since lunch.” Frequent drinkers today aged 26 – 34 have more confidence than Waugh since 78% of them think they can tell the difference between merlot and cabernet sauvignon, even more similar than Burgundy and Bordeaux! (Hmm, not the [...]
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February 2, 2012
03:55
30 Rock wine: the best tasting note Robert Parker never wrote
Okay, only about five years late on this. But, thanks to site reader Quizicat drawing a parallel to our recent discussion of moscato, I’ve learned that I missed an episode of “30 Rock” where wine featured prominently. Jack Donaghy is delighted to have his name on his own sparkling wine from Long Island and he [...]
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January 31, 2012
21:32
Where in the wine world are we? Retail edition
Here’s a wine store that looks just like any other high-end wine store…right? So where in the world is this particular store? Include the store name for full credit. (Image credit to follow.)
Categories: Wine Blogs in English
January 30, 2012
18:51
Moscato di Nasty?
Many of us wine writers praise the trend to lower-alcohol wines. But there’s one low alcohol wine that has taken off yet generated little coverage: Moscato. Sales of the $6 sweet, fizzy white that ranges between 5 – 9 percent alcohol have almost doubled each of the past two years, albeit off a small base. [...]
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January 27, 2012
23:24
Bordeaux battle of the business schools — to the victors go the nobly rotten
The business school students sniffed, swirled and spit the three glasses of Sauternes in front of them. They had come from places like Columbia, Northwestern, Stanford, and Harvard to sit under the tableaux and tapestries at the French Consulate on Fifth Avenue, try wines and answer questions, competing to win the big prize: making it [...]
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January 25, 2012
20:57
Is this what they teach about “rare vintage claret” in business school?
A parody from the BBC show “Mitchell and Webb.” Merger!
Categories: Wine Blogs in English
January 24, 2012
17:54
Sobriety pill wants to take the kick from champagne
Would you drink wine if it weren’t for the alcohol? Researchers at UCLA are threatening to put this difficult question to wine enthusiasts as they move a “sobriety pill” to clinical trials. Of course, we already have a device for sobering up: the credit card statement. But the researchers are working with extracts of the [...]
Categories: Wine Blogs in English
January 20, 2012
17:46
How and why did light beer come to be the choice of NFL viewers?
It’s time for the Big Game. Or, actually, the last three Big Games of the NFL season. And no drink says “football” like wine! Actually, although Sunday’s NY-SF game could be framed as something of a sommelier showdown between two of the highest wine-consuming cities, I’m fine to cede the discussion of the day to [...]
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