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Tasting ’05 Bordeaux with Robert Parker, Pt. 1

October 26, 2008

“The Greatest Vintage.” That was the headline for the 2005 Bordeaux tasting this past Thursday at the CIA in St. Helena with Robert Parker. The event also marked 30 years for Parker as a professional wine critic, and I suppose because of this he was a little introspective. It’s fairly well established that Parker’s influence [...]

Bench Grafts: What I’m Up To

October 22, 2008

Just a quick post to outline some fun things that have happened recently and that will happen soon: Arthur over at Wine Sooth has posted an exhaustive three part series on wild wine yeasts dubbed “Yeasts Gone Wild.” He even has a scandalous pic of a naked(!) yeast with its asexual organs partially exposed! It’s [...]