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Not for Cork-Sniffers

When you order a bottle of wine at a restaurant, and the waiter presents the cork to you… If you sniff the cork, then Naked is probably NOT for you… Because sniffing the cork is about appearances (people think it’s what they’re supposed to do). But there’s no substance–you don’t learn anything from smelling the cork.* If […]

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How to read a restaurant wine list like a wine pro

Picking wine off a wine list can be very very intimidating, so this post shares a few tips on how professionals often do it. As a winemaker, people constantly expect me to pick wine when I’m out at a bar or restaurant. This is problematic, because I have not tasted every wine on earth and […]