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HoseMaster of Wine (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
As a young man learning about the joy and mystery of wine, I spent a lot of time traveling and speaking with winemakers and winery owners searching for wisdom. I didn't know it then, but that's a little bit like searching for humility on Wall Street. Or blind tasting notes in Wine Spectator. Futile. But it was while searching for wine wisdom that the HoseMaster was born. In the course of being a sommelier...
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The Daily Salty (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
I was falling about laughing when I was reading this . I quote: Helen Comoutos is a winemaker who knows about faeces. “Sheep manure is the secret ingredient,” Comoutos says during a stroll through her 25 acres of aromatic vineyards on the Ionian Sea island of Zakynthos, the place where legend has it Zeus came for his wine. “No chemical fertilizers, no industrial weed killers,”...
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So You Want To Be A Waiter (Free subscription) | 07/21/2009
Great Wines f The wines and Domaines of Franceof France: France’s Top Domains and Their Wines by Clive Coates MW (Master of Wine) Publisher Mitchell Beazley; illustrated edition edition (October 1, 2005) ISBN 10: 1840009926 ISBN 13: 978-1840009927 I have the original edition of this book (2000), which has the above pictured cover. It has been updated and sports [...]
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University of California Press Blog (Free subscription) | 04/02/2009
The Wines of Burgundy is nominated for a James Beard Award! In this updated sequel to the James Beard Award-winning Côte D'Or: A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy, Clive Coates, MW, one of the world's most passionate and...
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Wine Consultant (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Wine tasting notes are a real peculiarity of the wine trade. The intention is to convey what the wine was like, but depending on the use they can vary wildly. I love the absurdity of Clive Coates wonderfully brief one word descriptions like “sound”, he might as well say “hovercraft”. Robert Parker writes some really [...]
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