Category: Wine

New and Notable

I'm always searching for great values in the world of wine to share with anyone who will listen. Here are a few new wines and notable values that I've been able to taste recently and thought you might like. Come on in, check them out, and be sure to ask the folks in the stores if...

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1 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 1:12 PM - Categories: Wine

Focus on Vibrant Rioja

Yesterday Binny's held an internal training seminar about Rioja for wine consultants. We discussed the region, watched a video from Rioja's recent marketing blitz, and tasted a few wines....

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3 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 3:30 PM - Categories: Wine

Trends in Shoes and also in Australian Wines

I need to start jogging again. I could use the exercise. And by “again,” I mean that the last time I put serious effort into jogging, I was in high school. So I went to buy some running shoes. Apparently, all modern running shoes are designed by comic book artists with attention deficit disorder and people who have stock in  foam rubber companies....

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0 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 3:57 PM - Categories: Wine

What's Going On?!

There's almost a mind-boggling number of events, tastings and seminars going on in the industry right now. Summer is usually a slow time for wine and other tastings, but for some reason (the economy? the weather? or maybe they're just a cheap, fun way to learn and try a lot of different things?...) nobody's taking a break this summer!

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0 comments - Posted by Doug Jeffirs at 4:21 PM - Categories: Wine

Food Pairing: Hummus and Falafel

Recently a friend asked me if I do food pairings. I didn't quite know how to respond – I taste a fair amount of booze and I eat a fair amount of food, but it surprised me how rarely I do both simultaneously. So my honest first response was, “Yeah ... I mean, sometimes. Why?”

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1 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 4:32 PM - Categories: Beer | Wine

Styles Change, And So Do I

Like anything else, styles in wine are constantly changing. But what does that mean for us tasters, and for our palates?

Last Tuesday this issue came up at a Binny's wine meeting. We were tasting through some exciting new releases, including...

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0 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 1:47 PM - Categories: Wine

Unreal Sticky from Seppeltsfield

Sitting in the office next to the Binny's Australian wine buyer (and fortified wine buyer) affords me some interesting opportunities, so it didn't seem unusual to me when an Australian-sounding man came into the Australian wine buyer's office. His name: Nathan Waks, the managing director of the Seppeltsfield winery. The wines he brought...

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0 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 5:31 PM - Categories: Wine