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Retrospective Review Volume III, Number 6
In the summer of 1982, Volume III, Number 6 offered the following articles: One Winedrinker’s Opinion – A Case For Old Burgundies, Coming Attractions, 1979 Bordeaux, California Cabernet Sauvignons, More 1979 Red Burgundies, Distinctive New Wines, California Chardonnays, Selected Tasting Notes, Barrels and Bottles, and Cellar Notes. We are currently reproducing a copy of Volume […]
Click here to read entire article »BYE BYE BIG KAHUNA
Geez, no sooner did I post my article on the Big Kahuna wines (to read that article click here) than I pick up the morning paper (yes, I still read our local paper) and see the following headline: “Checking out: Fresh & Easy parent may shutter stores”. Yikes! No more Big Kahuna. It seems the […]
Click here to read entire article »THE SOUTH AFRICAN HAT TRICK: WINE, FOOD, AND LODGING
INTRODUCTION: The following article was written by Mike and Amy Mayfield. Mike is the newest Underground Contributing Editor (to view his biography click here). Last December Mike and Amy along with their 3 children (Addison age 18, Kyle age 16 and Delaney age 12) visited South Africa. During their stay they visited wineries, tasted wine, […]
Click here to read entire article »BLENDING GAME PREVIEW
I recently posted an article about buying a wine that looked like a rosé, but did not taste like a rosé. Rosé or no I did not care for the wine (to read that article click here). If you screw up like I did with the “rosé” and have a wine you do not […]
Click here to read entire article »NAPA VALLEY WINES – JUST WHEN I THOUGHT WE HAD SEEN EVERYTHING!
Well, if you will excuse me, I guess I was barking up the wrong tree. Even though I love dogs (we have 4 – all rescue dogs), this one is a real howler. Would you believe that a winery for dogs, named for the French bulldog of Raymond Vineyards proprietor Jean-Charles Boisset, has opened […]
Click here to read entire article »FOODIES FIGHTING FOR FOIE!
The Brigades Battle The Ban As Chefs Challenge California Bureaucrats Contributing editor Cary Feibleman just posted an article entitled “The Duck Stops Here” (You can read it by clicking here). The article refers to banning Foie Gras in California and dictating the ban by legislative fiat. Make no mistake, for most great chefs, one of […]
Click here to read entire article »FINE WINE AND FINE PRINT
Background In my first article on wine fraud (to read that article click here) I outlined the sequence of installments for the article. That included an installment on the discovery of fraudulent wines over the last 30 or so years and a listing of the various pending lawsuits alleging wine fraud. But then a new […]
Click here to read entire article »WINE FRAUD – LIGHTNING STRIKES!
Within weeks of publishing the Underground wine fraud article (To read that article click here), a small group of people lead by Geoffrey Troy, an Underground contributing editor, and Don Cornwell, a diligent investigator of wine fraud and preoxidation or Premox in White Burgundies, discovered discrepancies in an up coming wine auction. Don posted the […]
Click here to read entire article »A NEW WINE FOR THE HOLIDAYS THAT HAS EVERYONE BUZZED
Just when we thought we had seen and heard of everything in the world of wine, guess what? It ain’t so! There is something new and now that the holidays are approaching some wine drinkers are really buzzed. This might be the gift idea of the year. Maybe it’s a gift for a wine snob […]
Click here to read entire article »CHEF ROBERTO CREATES A NEW DINING EXPERIENCE
Chef Roberto Cortez has created a new concept in dining. He calls it CR8. Basically, it involves creating a new environment in the dining realm while utilizing and exploring all sensory actions that leads to a new experience. With CR8, every element of the room, tablescape, auditory environment along with food and wine strategically structured with ever changing concepts brings new experiences to the diner.
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