Archive for August, 2008

Wine Spectator Gets Had – Gives Fake Restaurant Award

Monday, August 25th, 2008

In what may be one of the best publicity stunts in the wine industry this year, Robin Goldstein, Author of The Wine Trials ( Amazon.com) recently pulled a fast one on the editors of Wine Spectator magazine. Goldstein created a fake wine list that included wines the magazine has given horrible reviews to in past [...]

Review – Cameron Hughes – Hughes-Wellman & Lot Series – 52,66,68,71,73,79,91

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

The following are my tasting notes on the latest wines from Cameron Hughes.  You can read more about Cameron and my past reviews here.
2006 Rockridge Chardonnay, $<10 – Magnum
Score: 82pts – Notes: Not a bad value – hints of melon, pear, and pineapple, beats 2 buck chuck anyday!
Full disclosure: The wines rated below were all [...]

Move over Parker, Laube, and Robinson, e-tongue is in the hiz-ouse

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

As reported today in decanter. the Barcelona institute of Microelectronics is currently developing the e-tongue, a device that is sensitive to sour, salty, sweet, acidic and savory flavors, and can even discern the varietal and vintage of a wine.
Using tiny synthetic membranes, each sensitive to different chemical components in a wine, the e-tongue can already [...]

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