Matayer
Another Purple Heart that hits close to home. A Moishe Mayer and Matar Winery collaboration brought to life by Todd Germann's ability to understand exactly what I was looking for in this wine label.
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The Artist Series Pinot Noir from Santa Barbara
This medal is 100% influenced by everything that my collaborators and I had to do to make this project possible. Much unlike the rest of points and medals…
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My 2022 Wine Revelation
My 2022 revelation is three-fold: Greek wine is girthy and gracious. Xinomavro is up there with Pinot Noir and Nebbiolo in my life. Domaine Tatsis is a solid Greek wine producer.
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Post D4 Fun
Our first meeting post D4, no blinds, all fun. We had studied hard for months so we celebrated accordingly. The spit glass was our stomach.
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Distinguishing Dosage
“There’s a clear theme, but I’m not going to tell you what it is. As we taste, it should come to you,” Greg said as he poured the first three for our discernment. Oh, how I love the blind! Upon...
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Residual Sugar in Sparkling Wines
The sweetness you feel in any wine, sparkling or still, is a result of sugar that didn’t fully convert to alcohol during fermentation or sugar added post-fermentation. In sparkling wine, we refer to any added sugar as dosage. Understanding residual...
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Marjan Simčič Wines
Marjan Simčič is one of the wildest I've met yet. What was supposed to be a two-hour visit turned into eight. From tank and barrel samples to 2010 gems, I'll never forget the wines nor my time with Marjan.
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Under Pressure
We measure wines with effervescence on a scale of bars. The EU standards say that anything with 1 - 2.5 bars of pressure is a semi-sparkling wine, while 3 bars and above constitutes a fully sparkling wine. But what’s a...
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Milos is a Dream
I get it into my head that I need to go and see something, then allow the rest to fall into place. So Kleftiko led me to Milos. Milos led me to Kostantakis Cave Winery. The only winery on the...
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Pet Nat: The OG of Bubbly
Pet Nat. Pétillant Naturel. Naturally Sparkling. Ancestral Method. A fizzy, often funky wine that finishes fermenting in the bottle. The OG of bubbly. Master of Wine and lovely instructor at the International Wine Center in New York City, Mary Gorman-McAdams...
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