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Calçada Vinho Verde: Perfectly Imperfect

Posted on June 2, 2016 by intoxreport

André Estácio Pinto poured a glass of miniscule-production Vinho Verde from Calçada, made from some of the oldest vines in the Minho, and loosed a disclaimer: “It’s not a perfect wine.” “No problem,” I answered. “I’m not a perfect wine … Continue reading →

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Regina Gaines: Pure Vinspiration

Posted on May 30, 2016 by intoxreport

If you are old enough to remember the sitcom ‘Cheers’, you’ll recall it as a neighborhood bar where everybody knew your name.  Then as now, that seemed like a cool little destination joint to have in your hip pocket when … Continue reading →

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Chardonnay Day: Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Posted on May 26, 2016 by intoxreport

Here’s how this should go: I say, “Just got off the phone with Jimmy Kimmel, and we shot the breeze for an hour and he invited me to the guest house he’s renovating in Northern California.” You say, “Whoa!  THE … Continue reading →

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Larzac: The New Kid on the ‘Doc

Posted on April 29, 2016 by intoxreport

A few years ago, on my one-and-only trip  to Australia, I remember being blown away by an array of fruits I never before knew existed.  Custard apple, black sapote, jaboticaba, sapodilla—but a handful of an array of distinct, unique sensations, … Continue reading →

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Woman-ness in Wine

Posted on April 14, 2016 by intoxreport

Throughout my quarter century of writing about wine I’ve tried to avoid controversial topics, because frankly, who needs the grief? Well, I suppose that’s not strictly true.  In fact, it’s not even vaguely true.  In my twenty-five years of wine … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Infinite Point Wine Scale

Posted on April 11, 2016 by intoxreport

‘Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.’ No, not the Mafia, silly.  I tried to join that once and during the initiation ceremony they found out I was afraid to kill spiders, so that didn’t … Continue reading →

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Markus Niggli: Nouveau Niche

Posted on April 6, 2016 by intoxreport

Final online installment of sample chapters from ‘Starstruck in Lodi Again’.  Book’s pretty much in the can and will be released by June 1, 2016.   A tall, buff, Teutonic, well-spoken European wine pro in his early forties? Making unique … Continue reading →

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Concentrate, Cogitate and Cultivate: The Alexanders and the Reincarnation of Pythagoras

Posted on March 30, 2016 by intoxreport

Dennis Alexander is not only highly mathematical and highly Greek, he is the physical reincarnation of the great Ionian philosopher Pythagoras. This is not my assessment; I’m not much for Euclidean geometry, and the only thing I remember about Pythagoras … Continue reading →

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Is Rob Priddle the Most Boring Wine Writer in Existence?

Posted on March 25, 2016 by intoxreport

Of course not!   He is a keen wine journalist with a trusty palate, an eye for what’s hot and talent for writing mouth-watering reviews.  And what does he want?  He want to enlighten folks like you and me.  And when … Continue reading →

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‘Old’ is Merely a State of Vine

Posted on March 19, 2016 by intoxreport

I just got back from a month in Oldvinelandia, and therefore I know more about old vine wines than anybody else in the contiguous solar system. What do I know about old vines?  For starters, I know there’s no such … Continue reading →

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