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Stories of the Wine and Spirits Gadgets We Love and We Hate – plus a Confession With Recommendations

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By the Editors of Palate Press. Gift-giving season is upon us, and the Editors and Publisher at Palate Press have been getting bombarded with the annual "what should I get for the wine lover on my list" questions. Here are a few of the wine gadgets we love and some Read More

Skipping Turkey, Why Palate Press Will Not Be at European Bloggers’ Conference

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Features

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Last month the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists issued a 53-page report on freedom of the press in Turkey. According to the group, the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had 76 journalists in prison as of September 1, 2012 – more, the CPJ reports, than those imprisoned Read More

Simon Woolf

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About

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Simon Woolf is a WSET trained wine and food enthusiast living in London. His blog themorningclaret.com focuses on smaller producers who use organic, biodynamic or natural wine-making methods, and on those parts of the wine world less well travelled. Simon also writes for timatkin.com Read More

Palate Press Wine of the Week – Champagne Lanson Rose Label Brut Rosé

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Wine Reviews

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New in the US this year, Lanson’s brut rosé is an elegant example of a champagne that more than fulfills its promise. Pale salmon in color, with very small bubbles. The barest hint of rose-petals with light yeast on the nose. A bone dry, beautifully balanced wine. Some raspberry, and Read More

Wine of the Week – 2011 Kelly & Young Sauvignon Blanc

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Wine Reviews

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This wine is fermented in stainless steel, then aged in neutral French oak for four months. The nose offers a grassy aromas under fresh fruits, grapefruits with sweeter tropical notes. The palate is softer and more tropical than the nose, with tangelos and hints of mango, along with Ruby Red Read More

Wine for Lauren

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Features

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Brian Mullaney and John Dawson at Zachy’s Wine and Liquor in Scarsdale, New York, are hoping a donation of 20 lots of incredible wines will help a family which has suffered for months from their daughter’s summer disappearance. Robert and Charlene Spierer’s daughter Lauren disappeared from Indiana University June 4, Read More

Yorkville Cellars Richard the Lion-Heart 2009

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Features Wine Reviews

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This opens with blackcurrant and cherry, showing both black and red fruits from the blend of Bordeaux varietals. It moves toward blueberry on the mid-palate. Tannins are a little light, allowing it to be paired with less hefty meats like pork. Drink with stuffed pork chops. Recommended. DH WHO: Yorkville Read More

2010 Thirty Bench Riesling

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Wine Reviews

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In cooler winegrowing areas, one could easily think that the appearance of a warm, dry, sunny vintage would always be greeted with enthusiasm and happiness by winegrowers and winemakers. The reality, however, is more nuanced: very hot years can be as much of a challenge as cool, wet ones. It Read More

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