AN APPRECIATION
I had a couple things cued up to run this week, but both can wait. Maybe I’ll get to them in a few days. Today I need to write about the...
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Terry Theise
Jan 4, 20216 min read
CRIMES AGAINST WINE
I did a truly evil thing. I’ll tell you about it. We had some leftovers from a lamb roast, and Karen Odessa (henceforth “KO”) wanted to...
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Terry Theise
Dec 22, 20203 min read
MERRY GLOWING WOMBATS
Until yesterday I didn’t know that glowing wombats were a thing, but I read about them in the Times, so I guess they must be. I wish I’d...
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Terry Theise
Dec 14, 20205 min read
THOUGHTS ABOUT “FLAWED” WINE
My first thought is this. When we talk about “flawed wine” we are often not talking about flawed wine; we are talking about ourselves....
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Terry Theise
Dec 7, 20207 min read
DARJEELING REVISITED: THE BEST TEAS OF THE 2020 SUMMER SEASON
Please understand; clearly these are the best teas among those I obtained. I didn’t taste everything, and there are merchants from whom I...
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Terry Theise
Nov 30, 202016 min read
Kindred Spirit
It was either an article about the Pfalz which included Müller-Catoir, or it was an article exclusively about Catoir, but in either case...
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Terry Theise
Nov 16, 20204 min read
A CONNOISSEUR OF RELIEF
It is my favorite part of music, known as the diminuendo, the quieting down after a loud passage. I like the thundery stuff as much as...
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Terry Theise
Nov 5, 20208 min read
WINE; I MEAN, WTF??!
My old friend Joe Appel is examining the difference between having “something to say” versus copy to produce. He’s one of the few who...
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Terry Theise
Oct 26, 202010 min read
PLAY NICE BOYS AND GIRLS
Last week I posted a kind of symposium on the subject of “masculine” and “feminine” as wine descriptors. My thoughts continue to circle...
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Terry Theise
Oct 19, 202015 min read
GENDER-IMAGE WINE DESCRIPTORS: HAVE THEY OUTLIVED THEIR USEFULNESS?
And, were they ever really useful? A lot of people think not, and prominent among them is Ms. Vicki Denig, who wrote a strongly argued...
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