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SOMMELIER SPOTLIGHT Jason Smith, Bellagio, Las Vegas
Fred Minnick
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April 30
2010
This Master Sommelier is redefining the wine-director position from the vantage point of a luxury resort.
Jason Smith certainly knows his wine: he is equally adept at pairing an
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SOMMELIER SPOTLIGHT Markus Del Monego, Lufthansa, Essen, Germany
Jason Tesauro
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July 31
2010
Lufthansa’s wine director is the flying sommelier.
Whether it was due to my smoking jacket or to my irresistible combination of sleeplessness and juniper, Lufthansa had bumped m
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TASTING PANEL Château Musar
Jason Tesauro
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October 31
2010
The ageless legend of Lebanon goes on and on.
“It’s difficult to find the words,” said David Denton, CWE, CSS, of the 1961 Château Musar Blanc. “I had an emotional response to th
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Vino-Tech: Decoding Terroir One Terabyte at a Time
Jason Tesauro
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December 15
2010
Loosely paraphrasing Gil Scott-Heron, the wine revolution will not be Parkerized. Despite the influence of the international style, flying winemakers, micro-oxygenation, and the like on wine
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Avvinare: the reasoning behind the seasoning
Jason Tesauro
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February
2009
As the Roman Empire’s influence spread through military engagement, trade, and migration, so did the worship of Bacchus and, with it, a campaign for more serious winemaking. Of course, with
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SOMMELIER SPOTLIGHT Kristie Jones, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
Jason Tesauro
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August
2009
This is one cool cat in the house of mouse.
When my wife suggested we take a family holiday to Walt Disney World, my wine life flashed before my eyes. The kids would love the Mag
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COVER STORY Albariño: Putting Rías Baixas on the wine map
Jason Tesauro
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January 31
2010
“Take the roundabout and turn right,” said my GPS in a stiff British accent. But there was no right turn, only a barrier separating pavement from the freshly bulldozed Galician soil where an
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COVER STORY Baristamour: An Enophile Falls for a New Berry
Jason Tesauro
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June 15
2011
Dear Rosé,
We need to talk. There’s someone else. She runs hot and cold, but w
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The Wines of Moldova: Discovering velvet behind the Iron Curtain
Jason Tesauro
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November 30
2011
Twice, they slaughtered the spring lamb for us. A 9-year-old chess prodigy, son of a signer of his country’s Declaration of Independence, checkmated me in four moves. And then there was the
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COVER STORY Ribera del Duero
Jason Tesauro
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July 15
2012
Spain’s Ribera del Duero may be a textbook case in the wine world, but it’s a still an unfinished tale. The main characters—we’ll call them Tradition and Modernity—follow a familiar storyline:
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Madeira: The Wine of Patience
Jason Tesauro and Phineas Mollod
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January 15
2013
Jutting from an abyssal Atlantic plain three and a half miles deep, the Portuguese
island of Madeira is the craggy, lush jewel of a tiny archipelago. The name means
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TASTING PANEL Bual and Malmsey Madeiras
David Furer, CWE
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November 30
2012
After-dinner Madeiras impress the panel.
As much we admire its noble cultural history and wistfully recollect our occasional encounters with it, how often do most of us regular
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CLOSING TIME Wines to meditate on
Jason Wilson
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October 15
2011
Some wines are really worth meditating over.
Sometimes you just don’t want to mix wine with food. I realize this is borderline heresy to sommeliers, but every once in a while, a
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CLOSING TIME Postprandial quaffers
Jason Wilson
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January 31
2011
After-dinner ennui: Whither the postprandial quaff?
Some years before I started writing about spirits, near the end of an unsuccessful work trip, I found myself dining alone in
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TASTING PANEL Rioja Reservas and Gran Reservas
David Vogels, CWP
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July 31
2010
The reservas were stylish, but the gran reservas were stunning.
Considering the affordable prices of the 19 Riojas judged by our eight-member panel, this may have been the best
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SOMMELIER CHALLENGE
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July 31
2010
Charlie Palmer Steak on Capitol Hill is a favorite restaurant of many of the nation’s legislators. Under wine director Nadine Brown, it features an all-American wine list representing nearly a
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RESTAURANT SPOTLIGHT Cyrus, Healdsburg, California
Greg Benchwick
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November
2008
After only three years on the scene, Cyrus has emerged as one of northern California’s preeminent fine-dining establishments.
That’s no small accomplishment in this culinary hotb
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SOMMELIER CHALLENGE Spiaggia, Chicago
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January 15
2013
The Challenge: Pair an Old World or New World wine with one of five
courses at the Spiaggia Sommelier Smackdown, observing a price limit of $30 per
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NOTEBOOK, HOT PICKS
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November 30
2011
Notebook
INDUSTRY SHOWS GROWTH
Year-to-date domestic wine sales reached $351 million, a 7% increase over the same period in 2010, according to the Symphony IRI G
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NOTEBOOK, CALENDAR, HOT PICKS
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December
2008
Notebook
RICARDO CLARO DIES AT 74
Ricardo Claro, the Chilean wine entrepreneur and owner of Viña Santa Rita, died Oct. 28 after suffering a heart attack in Santi
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NOTEBOOK, CALENDAR, HOT PICKS
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October
2009
Notebook RESTAURANT INDUSTRY OUTLOOK The National Restaurant Association (NRA) reported a July gain in its Restaurant Performance Index (RPI), the first increase in
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NOTEBOOK, CALENDAR, HOT PICKS
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November
2009
Notebook
APPELLATION UPDATE
Ontario vintners are calling for a fresh look at the “Cellared in Canada” designation. Provincial regulators introduced the designat
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NOTEBOOK, CALENDAR, HOT PICKS
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July
2009
Notebook
NEW CRU BOURGEOIS REGULATION
A three-fourths majority of the Alliance Cru Bourgeois has voted in favor of adopting a new Cru Bourgeois classification sy
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MAILBOX, NOTEBOOK, CALENDAR, HOT PICKS
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June 15
2010
Mailbox
Clarification
Updating the Winery Spotlight on B
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MAILBOX, NOTEBOOK, CALENDAR, HOT PICKS
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October 31
2010
Mailbox
Postcard
As those of you who’ve kept up with the Postcard these past two years may have noticed, some of my favorite untraversed wine regions are in the
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MAILBOX, CALENDAR, NOTEBOOK, HOT PICKS
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December 15
2010
Mailbox
Postcard
Tokaj is now regarded not only for its famed sweet wines, but also for its drier versions. Furmint still accounts for 75% of Tokaj vineyards, pr
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MAILBOX, NOTEBOOK, HOT PICKS
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January 31
2011
Mailbox
Postcard
Three rain-filled November days and nights defined my visit to the northeastern Italian appellation of Colli Orientali, poised at the top of the
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INTERVIEW Charlie Trotter, Charlie Trotter’s, Chicago
Bill Daley
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October
2008
Charlie Trotter stands by the elegant bar of his Chicago restaurant, gazing down at the Albariño in his wine glass. At his elbow is the other wine he’s just sampled, a Grüner Veltliner f
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NOTEBOOK, HOT PICKS
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January 15
2013
Notebook
PARKER ACQUIRES INVESTORS
Robert Parker has sold a controlling share of his 34-year-old publication, The
Wi
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CLOSING TIME Time to rebuild the system
Robert Bath, MS
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June 15
2011
It’s time to tear down the three-tier distribution system.
The introduction of House Resolution 1161, the “Community Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness Act,” in March was another
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SOMMELIER CHALLENGE
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July 15
2012
The inaugural Antinori Sommelier Challenge, presented by Sommelier Journal, kicked off with four quarterfinal matches in June. Building on the concept of the informal challenges we’ve p
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SOMMELIER CHALLENGE
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August 31
2012
This issue contains the results of the last two quarterfinal matches in the inaugural Antinori Sommelier Challenge, presented by
Sommelier Journal
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APPELLATION Missouri
Jennifer Cossey, CSW
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January 15
2013
In the nation’s midsection, what was once old is new again.
In the early 1800s, German and Italian immigrants made their way to Missouri in
search of
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SPECIAL REPORT New Zealand Clarets
Marlene Rossman
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October 15
2012
In the early 1990s, the New Zealand wine industry seemed to come out of nowhere, hitting the United States with exports just as Australia’s "critter wines" were flooding the market. Sauvigno
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TASTING PANEL 2004 White Burgundies
David Vogels, CWP
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July
2008
Montrachet’s reputation as the sweet spot for Chardonnay was tested in a Sommelier Journal tasting panel at New York’s Picholine restaurant.
Twelve wines from the 2004 vintage in
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Cult Wines for Tough Times
Marlene Rossman
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July
2009
In the olden days (before mid-2008), a label was considered a “cult” wine if it regularly received scores of 95 points or more, was hard to find due to limited production, cost $300 or more
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Pushing for Pinot in Patagonia
Natalie Guinovart, CWE, DWS
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September 15
2010
It hardly seems possible that a place as barren and unwelcoming as the Patagonian desert could support life of any kind, let alone produce world-class Pinot Noir. Yet great Pinot Noir is exact
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Whiskey on the Rebound
Kara Newman
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September 15
2010
It’s not Grandpa’s drink any more. Whiskey is taking on new life, particularly among the younger consumers who are rediscovering the brown spirit. Meanwhile, bars and restaurants are ramping
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NOTEBOOK, CALENDAR, HOT PICKS
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August
2009
Notebook
SOMMELIERS PREDICT THE FUTURE
Six of the Best Sommeliers of the World took the stage at VinExpo 2009, held June 21-25 in Bordeaux, to commemorate the 40
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EVENT SPOTLIGHT 2011 SJ Terroir Experience, Sonoma Coast, California
Randy Caparoso
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June 15
2011
This year’s experience was “a full vineyard immersion” in a far-flung appellation.
Sommelier Journal’s 2011 Terroir Experience was a three-day, four-night, physically cha
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NOTEBOOK, HOT PICKS
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June 15
2011
Notebook
BANFI CLONE TASTING
We hear more often these days about wineries undertaking extensive soil and microclimate analyses to determine which grape varieties
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NOTEBOOK, HOT PICKS
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October 15
2011
Notebook
MASTERS OF WINE CERTIFIED
Eleven new Masters of Wine have been named, following the 2011 examination held in London in June: Michele Anderson, an Austra
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NOTEBOOK, HOT PICKS
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May 31
2012
Notebook BEARD NAMES 2012 AWARD WINNERS Sommelier Journal congratulates the winners of the 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards, announced May 7 in the annual c
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EVENT SPOTLIGHT 2012 SJ Terroir Experience, Mendocino, California
Randy Caparoso
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October 15
2012
Sommeliers on our annual trek explored Mendocino County from Eagle Peak to the Islands in the Sky.
Bill Summerville, sommelier of La Belle Vie in Minneapolis, succinctly summed up th
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NOTEBOOK, HOT PICKS
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October 15
2012
Notebook
TEXSOM CROWNS TOP SOMMELIERS
The eighth annual TexSom conference, sponsored by the Texas Sommelier Association and the Wine & Food Foundation of T
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NOTEBOOK, HOT PICKS
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April 30
2011
Notebook
SOMMS COMPETE IN AUSTIN
Inclement weather didn’t sway either attendance or spirits at the inaugural Wine Ride, held Jan. 16 in Austin, Texas. Five compe
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NOTEBOOK, HOT PICKS
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November 30
2012
Notebook
SANDY TAKES ITS TOLL ON RESTAURANTS
Even this monster of a cloud has a tiny silver lining: in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, New York City
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Winery Restaurants Around the World
David Furer, CWE
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January 15
2013
The primary business of wineries is to make and sell wine. In recent years,
however, many vintners have found hospitality to be a fruitful sideline. Some run
pro
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NOTEBOOK, CALENDAR, HOT PICKS
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September
2009
Notebook
SOMMELIERS' AWARD LUNCH
In a “People’s Choice Awards” for wine-service professionals, the SF Chefs. Food. Wine. event honored Larry Stone, MS, of Rubico
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MAILBOX, NOTEBOOK, CALENDAR, HOT PICKS
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March 15
2010
Mailbox
Postcard
In the early ’90s, many Virginia wines were dire and most were middling, with only a few winners from Rhône-varietal pioneer Dennis Horton. Hort
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