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Toward a New Lexicon for American Wine

Can we reclaim the word “artisanal”? Perhaps we should look to France, and French cheese, for a solution. Hear me out.

May 7, 2020

Toward a New Lexicon for American Wine

May 7, 2020

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Young Red Wine: A Critic’s Doubts

Evaluating new wine is an exercise in predicting the future. But how worthy is this exercise anyway?

Mar 16, 2020

Young Red Wine: A Critic’s Doubts

Mar 16, 2020

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Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm Weybridge

Piquant, savory, and rich, a cheese that’s both earthy and elegant

May 19, 2017

Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm Weybridge

May 19, 2017

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Visiting Owen Roe Washington

Wines of Owen Roe balance sunshine and freshness

May 7, 2017

Visiting Owen Roe Washington

May 7, 2017

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Getting Closure: Tasting 2010 Clos Roche Blanche L’Arpent Rouge

This bottle came my way about a year and a half ago, in a mixed case of samples finished with the synthetic Nomacorc closure. The idea was…

May 4, 2017

Getting Closure: Tasting 2010 Clos Roche Blanche L’Arpent Rouge

May 4, 2017

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Own-Rooted: A Vine Stock Nursery Story

Phylloxera is a global scourge. Mostly.

Apr 30, 2017

Own-Rooted: A Vine Stock Nursery Story

Apr 30, 2017

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Figgins Estate, Walla Walla Valley

Winemaker Chris Figgins crafts a blend of Bordeaux grapes washed by mountain air

Apr 25, 2017

Figgins Estate, Walla Walla Valley

Apr 25, 2017

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Lazy Lady Farm Thin Red Line

Mushroomy and umami-rich, it’s a natural with lightly sweet wines

Apr 23, 2017

Lazy Lady Farm Thin Red Line

Apr 23, 2017

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Backward and Forward: Tasting Napa Cabernet Sauvignon, 1974 to Now

When tasting twelve wines, which do you taste first: the very old, or the far too young?

Mar 12, 2017

Backward and Forward: Tasting Napa Cabernet Sauvignon, 1974 to Now

Mar 12, 2017

Meg Maker

Meg Maker

Writer curious about nature, culture, food, wine, and place. Founder terroirreview.com @terroirreview. Also at megmaker.com @megmaker.

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