Ms. Farrah,I thought you should know that I just finished reading Tom Wark’s recent post on your unconscionable support of HB6644 late last year. This was a bill that, as far as I am able to discern, was almost completely anti-consumer and...
Topics: Capozzi Winery

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After reading the latest issue of Practical Winery & Vineyard and seeing the term “trading down” misused by an un-named CEO no less than three times in one paragraph, I wanted to gouge my eyes out with my Dixon Ticonderoga 1388.Stop...
Topics: Capozzi Winery

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In my first lengthy missive on wine criticism, I went over the various flaws I see in the current system. In this post I’m going to outline a system that I believe takes the best of what has come before, and adds to it in innovative ways to create..
Topics: Capozzi Winery

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There is a better way to review wine. It’s costly, time consuming and potentially embarrassing. No one will ever use it. Except me.I’ve always felt that wine reviews were lacking. Not because I’m sensitive to criticism, and not just...
Topics: Über Wine Reviews

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Funky intro and outro music by indie band Binaerpilot, Destroy the Popollution. Used with permission.
Topics: Ask the Pinotblogger

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