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Wine tasting atime4wine.com 
 Wine tasting notes from non-experts who "have found that many people feel more comfortable choosing a wine when a friend (or even a stranger at the supermarket) offers a recommendation." Wines reviewed come mostly from Northern California's Napa, Sonoma, and Livermore areas, with a few from Paso Robles, CA, and Oregon. There are tasting tips, winery information by region, links to other wine sites, and a printable wine-rating sheet. An electronic newsletter is available. Searchable. http://www.atime4wine.com/ Topics: Wine Last updated Oct 30, 2002 Professional Friends of Wine
This site "is dedicated to increasing wine appreciation by providing wine education, wine information, and wine training, and offering wine opinions." It provides a broad range of information about wine and wine making, covering history, grape growing, wine label interpretation, selecting and serving wine, tasting notes, and more. Includes event listings, editorials, reading recommendations, and related links. Searchable. From a group of grape growers, merchants, and restaurateurs. http://www.winepros.org/ Topics: Crops, Nonfiction by Genre, Wine Last updated Apr 28, 2005 Silly Tasting Notes Generator
"Tasting a ton of wines" in the Sonoma, California, wine country inspired a Seattle couple to create this Perl script generator of "silly random tasting notes." Users may select between "normal-silly" and "extra-silly" options to produce such descriptive gems as a Barbera that "reminds one of fir, spiney, brackish plum and forceful mocha" (normal) or a Zinfandel with "aromas of skim milk, melancholy pulpy orange juice and bashful gasoline" (extra silly). http://gmon.com/tech/stng.shtml Topics: Humor, Wine Last updated Nov 3, 2004 Tastings: The Beverage Testing Institute
Contains reviews of wine, beer, and distilled spirits. Search thousands of tasting notes on wines by score, price, country, varietal, and year. Includes best wine producers by country and region, a "food and wine matching guide," wine merchants, and a dictionary. Special features are "Wines of the Week" and "Quick Finds." http://www.tastings.com/ Topics: Beverages, Wine Last updated Mar 14, 2004 What's New in Wine Tasting and Wine Education
A collection of articles about wine tasting techniques and considerations. Includes material about cork taint, oak barrel alternatives, effect of wine glasses on wine tasting, and more. From a company that sells aroma reference cards for wine tasters. http://www.aromadictionary.com/winetasting.html Topics: Wine Last updated Aug 17, 2004 The Wine Lovers' Page
Find tens of thousands of tasting notes on wines, articles about the basics of wine, wine tasting tips, a wine pronouncing glossary, a wine tasting dictionary, a chat room, wine quotes, recommended books and links, vintage charts, wine country weather, wine cartoons, and more. Searchable. http://www.wine-lovers-page.com/ Topics: Wine Last updated Apr 28, 2005 Wine Spectator School: Resources
This site features maps of worldwide wine varieties and regions, information on identifying aromas, an interactive lesson on reading wine labels, a wine FAQ, a calendar of events, and a glossary. Also includes a database of wine retailers. http://www.winespectatorschool.com/wineschool/library/0,2119,,00.html Topics: Wine Last updated Apr 16, 2006 Wine Tips, From the Author of 'The Wine Bible'
Companion to a National Public Radio (NPR) program on tips for "wine lovers to expand their tasting universe." Features an article on buying and storing wine and pairing wine with food, an audio clip of an interview with author Karen MacNeil, and related links. http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/apr/wine/ Topics: Wine Last updated Jan 3, 2004 Wine's World: The Judgment of Paris
May 2006 article about "the 30th anniversary of the Judgment of Paris, the legendary tasting in which a pair of unheralded California wines bested some of France's most celebrated reds and whites." Provides background about California and French wines. Also includes links to related articles and to a search of the Slate archives for the regular column "Wine's World." From the online magazine Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2142365/ Topics: Wine Last updated May 30, 2006 |
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