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From Race Cars to Rocket Ships - Artisan Sauvignon Blanc Should Be On Your List

Once you start drinking crisp, juicy, super-focused wines from the Loire or powerful, intensely flavored wines from New Zealand, I bet you’ll forget about Chardonnay for a few weeks. I’m also pretty confident that your going to become a missionary for these wines. Before you know it, you’ll be converting friends with every marvelous bottle [...]

5May2009 | Jason | 0 comments | Continued
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Building Your Arsenal of Joy – Part Two: A Few Simple Guidelines to Wine Collecting (even on a budget)

There are almost as many reasons to stash away wine as there are wines to stash away. If you’re new to the Wine Republic, I wrote about a few of them here. In this post, I’m going to lay down a few guidelines that have made my full-on obsession with the Good Juice manageable:
Set a [...]

15Jan2009 | Jason | 2 comments | Continued
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Dedalus Cab-Fueled Euphoria - Your Guide to Great California Cabernet

Cabernet Sauvignon is the grape that rockets to the front of the line whenever cork-dorks start talking about the American wine scene. Arguably, Cab may be the grape responsible for more highs and lows, more joy and disappointment, and more great wine and miserable plonk than any other. The Napa Valley’s entire reputation has been [...]

3Dec2008 | Jason | 0 comments | Continued
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The Dedalus Gift Guide - Giving the Gift of Vino

The holiday season is bearing down on us, and with it comes the gifts. Also along for the ride: long lines, congested parking lots, cranky clerks, and long waits for a table. You might love the holidays and relish the crowds and the overflowing of good will. Or, you might get hit with a case [...]

20Nov2008 | Jason | 1 comment | Continued
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Building Your Arsenal of Joy – Part One: Reasons You Should Collect Wine (even on a budget)

I love having a huge pile of wine in my closet. It’s an arsenal of joy that figures into my life so often, and so enjoyably, that I wish I had started collecting as soon as I legally could have. I’m going to dispel a couple of nasty misconceptions about collecting wine, set down a [...]

9Nov2008 | Jason | 1 comment | Continued