Jay Miller leaves the Wine Advocate

In a posting on eRobertParker.com, Robert Parker has announced that Jay Miller will no longer be writing for The Wine Advocate. Parker says: “After several months of consideration, Big Jay, who has done such a thorough and professional job of bringing emerging wine regions such as Spain, South America, and the Pacific Northwest much needed [...]

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Katharine McPhee Katharine Towne Katherine Heigl Katie Cassidy

A tasting of hipster wines

I recently tweeted that I’d be leading a tasting of hipster wines. “Will you wear a wool hat?,” someone asked in response. Another tweep asked if there would be any PBR on hand for afterward. The tasting on Manhattan’s Upper East Side came and went and I didn’t wear a woolen cap, flannel shirt, or [...]

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Summer Glau Kate Moss Kate Walsh Katharine McPhee

IKEA bed frame as wine rack ? aged sur lit [DIY]

Sometimes, opportunity lies right in front of you. Or, if you’re Jeremy S. Walworth, it lies in your neighbor’s pile of recycling. Jeremy hauled the wood from a broken IKEA bed frame out of his neighbor’s driveway and set about making a wine rack for his basement. With help from his daughter, he cut, sanded [...]

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Michelle Obama Michelle Rodriguez Michelle Trachtenberg Mila Kunis

Wine deals: what?s the best buy now?

Lifehacker ran a piece that urged readers to buy wine after Thanksgiving and during the first two weeks of December to “lock in pre-holiday bargains.” Really? Perhaps I live under a rock but I hadn’t noticed seasonal discounting that disappears as the holidays approach. Have you? Instead, I see a parade of deal-of-the-day web sites [...]

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Kirsten Dunst Krista Allen Kristanna Loken Kristen Bell

Robert Parker and CA Chardonnay: A History

This post continues a series in which I look at the meaning of Robert Parker's Wine Advocate's ratings of California wines. In these posts I assume that the Wine Advocate's power is important to the California wine industry and that...

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Luján Fernández Magdalena Wróbel Maggie Grace Maggie Gyllenhaal