Wine Reviews: What Kind Do You Prefer? (Part II)

Last month in Wine Reviews: What Kind Do You Prefer? (Part I), I listed four expert reviews and two ratings for the same wine, which I can tell you now was the 2005 Columbia Crest Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, the Wine Spectator #1 wine for 2009; and asked you to share whether you preferred detailed notes [...]

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Michelle Trachtenberg Mila Kunis Milla Jovovich Minka Kelly

The Big Fall and Big Rise of One Fine Grape

My first serious encounter with the Petite Sirah grape variety and the varietal wine that it is made into came when I was working public and media relations for historic Russian River Valley producer Foppiano Vineyards back in 1990. To...

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Melania Trump Melissa George Melissa Howard Melissa Joan Hart

Domaine Pierre Usseglio

I frequently participate in press-wine tastings in Copenhagen. Normally its about tasting the recent vintage or vintages from a particular wine producer - maybe with one or two older vintages. Nothing wrong with that. Its always the latest vintage that is going on the shelves and where the need for good press is welcomed. But I [...]

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Sophia Bush Stacy Keibler Summer Altice Summer Glau

A lovely haven on the shores of a strait

A traditional Ottoman manor has been transformed into the most eminent boutique hotel, A?jia. Located on the shores of Bosphorus at Istanbul, Turkey, this mansion showcases a blending of age old architecture and contemporary interior décor, complemented with highly individualized services. This lovely hotel comprises of 16 lavish rooms and 6 opulent suites. Each room [...]

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Shakara Ledard Shakira Shana Hiatt Shania Twain

Rating wine by health scores: who cares?

Vinopic, a new wine retailer in Britain has developed a way to rank wines based on their health-giving properties. Red wines are sold with an IQ score, or Intrinsic Quotient, devised by Roger Corder. The site says that the score rewards wines with “higher quality” and polyphenols while penalizing wines with higher alcohol, sugar, and [...]

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Monika Kramlik Moon Bloodgood Mýa Nadine Velazquez

Visit us on the Access Zone

For the next three days we will be bringing you the Wine Conversation live from the London Wine Trade Fair and the Access Zone on stand F70 If you are coming to the event, do come and visit us for a good chat, coffee (courtesy of Thierry’s), free wifi and lots of content and networking [...]

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Marisa Tomei Marla Sokoloff Marley Shelton Mary Elizabeth Winstead