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Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for May 1, 2023 | 1 Wine Dude

2021 Alta Mora Cusumano Etna Rosato (Sicily): Stop and smell the roses... or just take a glass of this with you on your walk instead. $NA B+ 2021 Barone di ...

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Porch Sipping (Talking Wine Storage For Porch.com) | 1 Wine Dude

(image: porch.com) A quick-hit to tell you that I was recently asked to provide some advice on wine storage dos/don'ts for Porch.com. So I obliged, bec ...

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Riding the Waves of Wine Change With On-Premise Pros (NVWA) | 1 Wine Dude

(image: NVWA) In my latest article for Napa Valley Wine Academy, I was tasked with taking a detailed look at how changing wine consumer behaviors are impact ...

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A Step Ahead (A Look Inside Sicily's Passopisciaro) | 1 Wine Dude

I'm immature enough, even in my 50s (!!), to have had trouble getting my head around the translation of Etna's Passopisciaro when I visited last y ...

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Wine In The Time of Coronavirus, Part 68: The Last of Us? (Reviewing Rimessa Roscioli Selections) | 1 Wine Dude

It's with mixed emotions that I announce that today's Wine In The Time of Coronavirus will be the last entry in the series. Given the state of the ...

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Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for February 27, 2023 | 1 Wine Dude

2020 Tenuta Aglaea Hoopoe Sangiovese (Toscana): A fresh, potently structured beauty that shows the pain of its creation. $NA B+ 2020 Cottanera Etna Bianco ( ...

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When Does A Winemaker’s Job End? (Touring The World’s Leading Synthetic Cork Operation) | 1 Wine Dude

“That was an interesting concept for me,” Jeff Slater, Nomacorc’s Marketing Director, told us as he presented research findings on alternative wine closures ...

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Old House, Old Vines, New Styles (Tasting Izadi Recent Releases In Rioja) | 1 Wine Dude

To get a feel for how important the culture of the vine is in the tiny and picturesque hilltop town of Villabuena in Rioja Alavesa, consider this: Villabuen ...

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Comin' Up Rose At Fix.com | 1 Wine Dude

image: fix.com Writing about rosé wines in the Spring / early Summer is fraught with pitfalls, most involving haters going ballistic on the authors, along t ...

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Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for February 20, 2023 | 1 Wine Dude

2020 Herdade do Rocim Mariana Branco (Vinho Regional Alentejano): Grilled citrus, tangerine, lemon meringue, and a savory good time. $16 B 2020 Quinta da Fo ...