[can I see your ID?...(ranting)]

Here’s my ID.  My name is John Garland, I was born January 5th 1985, which at present makes me 26 years old.  Because I look well under the age of 30, I will be asked for my ID every time I go into a wine store.  I am glad about this - I want to be ID’d.  [...]

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[the second bottle...(goodwriting)]

[Loomis Dean, LIFE Magazine] One of the best pieces of wine writing I’ve read all year – from the September 2010 GQ. The Second Bottle: By Alan Richman Richman deftly sifts through the options on the most important wine choice of the evening.  Also a helpful read – his selections are right on.

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[george washington and Claret...(wineinhistory)]

Every so often, I come across historical anecdotes that cast historical figures in a light not seen in your standard 7th grade history text, because of their associations to Wine.  It’s well known that our Founding Fathers were, by modern measures, pretty serious drinkers.  John Adams was known to drink hard Cider every day at [...]

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