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A new look at Sahara Mart East
Monday, May 17, 2010:
There's a new look at the still-new Sahara Mart East on Third Street in Bloomington. It shows why Sahara Mart is willing to support our wine ...

Against H.R. 5034
Monday, May 17, 2010:
We have recently been writing about a new threat to the distribution systems governing consumer access to wines of their choice. This threat ...

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Vineyard summers
Friday, July 9, 2010:
You have probably been following – or at least aware of – the reports out of Bordeaux concerning the 2009 vintage. This piece is not about B ...

The 1851 Society
Monday, April 5, 2010:
If you ever wanted to lounge in a London Club like the Arts Club frequented by Somerset Maugham, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Hardy or whe ...

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New Beaujolais and Thanksgiving
Tuesday, November 17, 2009:
November brings both the New Beaujolais and Thanksgiving, and the two are not mutually exclusive. Few wines are versatile enough to be compa ...

Summer wines
Friday, July 10, 2009:
Summer at last is coming to Indiana, and summer in this part of the Midwest can be stiflingly hot and very humid. It is very conducive ...

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Friday, July 30, 2010:

Taming Wine
In September 1986 I sat on the stage of the Strasbourg Convention Center listening to Robert Mondavi, whom I had just presented to the delegates of the International Wine and Food Society. Next to me was Johny Hugel who had just told the audience that “there is no such thing as a winemaker.”  His comment [...] [comments]

Wednesday, July 28, 2010:

You Cant Miss with Swiss
I shall reach Crissier in late September,  just when the harvest begins in the vineyards overlooking Lac Leman (or Lake Geneva; as everyone knows, everything in Switzerland has at least two names). These vineyards are not really known outside Switzerland, and on the face of it, for a Midwestern American these wines would be unremarkable were [...] [comments]

Monday, July 26, 2010:

A Good Summer Read and Drink
In spite of our hot summer, I began to crave a red wine. (In spite of my consistent declarations that if one wants a red wine, he should drink a red wine regardless of weather, I confess to using more whites and roses when the weather continues hot and humid for a long time.)  I [...] [comments]

Saturday, July 24, 2010:

Oregon, Oh, Oregon!
I am not widely traveled in the Willamette Valley, but I was there at the beginning of its wine age and again recently to taste its wines and to experience the astonishing success of this blessed wine region. In the early 1970s I met David Lett at his Eyrie Vineyard where he was pioneering the production [...] [comments]

Thursday, July 22, 2010:

Awards or Whats in a Name
Last week my wife and I opened an award winning wine. She found it delicious; I found it a bit rough. I readily admit her palate is more sensitive — even more reliable, as she is much quicker than I to recognize when a wine has gone off. Since we both have served – and continue [...] [comments]

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