You may have noticed that, unlike many other wine shops and web sites, we don’t spend a lot of energy talking about scores and points.
Posted on August 15, 2015
Jeff Patten
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Is Burgundy going the way of Bordeaux? Prices certainly are going up every year. The top producers’ wines are now out of reach for the vast majority of us. In famous villages (Vosne Romanée, Chambolle Musigny), even relatively unknown producers don't come cheap.
Posted on July 12, 2014
Jeff Patten
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Ribeira Sacra, Alto Piemonte, and the tastiest, trendiest wines in the world.
Posted on October 10, 2013
Jeff Patten
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One of my favorite topics is how to stock a wine cellar without killing your budget. So many people assume that unless it’s a trophy wine, gets high scores in glossy publications, or has the words Grand Cru somewhere on the label, a wine does not belong in a cellar. Undoubtedly a great cellar will contain plenty of those wines. But some of my most memorable experiences with wine have been with rather modest wine that has spent a few years in a nice cool cellar.
Posted on August 22, 2012
Jeff Patten
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