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Bored With Fruit

June 30, 2015 Dwight Furrow

Patrick Comiskey at Lucky Peach is reporting an incipient revolution in California winemaking. No doubt, in California we love our fruit: In modern winemaking, fussily

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Are Wine Scores Inflated?

November 6, 2014 Dwight Furrow

Complaints about the 100-pt. rating system for wine are ubiquitous in the blogosphere and I’ve commented on it myself. But beating a dead horse is

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Ideology and Wine: Why Arguments are Good for the Soul

April 14, 2014 Dwight Furrow

The pop and sizzle of wine’s ideological battles reminds us that wine is not just a beverage. A few weeks ago Robert Parker took a

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“Culture Wars” in the Wine World

March 11, 2014 Dwight Furrow

Alder Yarrow called the latest debate in the wine world a “culture war”. On one side are fans of the “Parker-palate” –big, high-alcohol wines from 

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Inflated Wine Scores and the Longing for a Wine Aristocracy

January 15, 2013 Dwight Furrow

The latest brouhaha about wine scores erupted shortly after Christmas when The Wine Advocate, arguably the most influential wine review publication, released its latest assessment

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What is “Fine Wine”

December 9, 2011 Dwight Furrow

Wine journalist Jamie Goode asks What is fine wine? and Who gets to decide? His answer is: Fine wines are thought-provoking; they have something to

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