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Tasting Terms: Blackcurrant
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Tasting Terms: Blackcurrant

Steve De Long
By Steve De Long

Blackcurrant is the most common flavor descriptor of the most popular grape variety in the world: Cabernet Sauvignon. At least the British think so. American...

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Should Grape Varieties Be Capitalized?
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Should Grape Varieties Be Capitalized?

Steve De Long
By Steve De Long

Is it Cabernet Sauvignon or cabernet sauvignon? The New York Times and Slate.com don’t capitalize the names of grape varieties but practically everyone else does....

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Wine, Food & Dance pairings
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Wine, Food & Dance pairings

Steve De Long
By Steve De Long

There was an article in Decanter about an Argentinian wine tasting event that featured Malbec, steak and tango. Malbec, steak and nap sounds more like it for...

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California Delays

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On behalf of our crack map team, I apologize for the delay in releasing our California Wine Map. It will now be available March 24th....

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Upcoming New Products - California Wine Map

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Update: Wine Map of California is now available. As soon as we released our first wine map - of the Iberian Peninsula - I started...

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Ask Clark Smith

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The one and only Clark Smith is on the hot seat this week at Enobytes.com. Stop by to ask him any question concerning wine making,...

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Hot Off the Press - Our First Wine Map

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¿Por qué Iberia? We started with Spain and Portugal for 3 main reasons: It's the most dynamic (and constantly changing) area in the wine world...

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Hipster Alert: Rotgipfler the New It Grape

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Move aside Hondarribi Zuri (of Txakolina fame), there's a new grape in town. We were in New York City last week for a wedding and...

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Classic Wine Flavors (Flavours)

Steve De Long
By Steve De Long

I just got back from a trip to Rome with a bitter taste in my mouth. No, it wasn’t a bad trip or anything like...

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