Got Tannins? Blog
Interview with Ernie Els is Live!
2008-04-28 17:57
We are psyched to announce the interview that Got Tannins recently conducted with Ernie Els is now live!
Ernie is best known as one of the premier golfers of the 21st century (ranked #3 as of April 2008). What not everyone knows about the Big Easy is that in addition to time spent as a professional...
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Screw tops on French wine?
2008-04-28 06:58
GT - Do you know what village and chateau your Bordeaux is from? If you don't, chances are you may be opening a screw top in the next few years. Why does it matter? Screw tops guarantee that your wine is ready to drink. Traditionalists would insist that a good...
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Global credit crunch has little impact on high end wine market; highest amount ever paid for 27 bottles of wine
2008-04-20 05:53
WWG - According to Reutors London a Beijing based billionaire has paid a record $500,000 for 27 bottles of Romanee-Conti. Apparently, the last biggest wine transaction occurred over the same wine makers wine, when two collectors let their egos get the best of them and continued to...
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Kaiken Ultra Wins World Wine Groups Malbec Pick
2008-04-14 21:49
World Wine Groups Tasting Notes: The Kaiken Ultra was blind taste tested against itself (by accident), an Alta Vista Premium 2006 Malbec, and a Melipal Malbec 2005. Complimentary food included asada beef and chicken, beef empanadas and ...
Read the full Article Here
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You've been corked!
2008-04-13 22:04
WWG - According to an article by World Wine Groups good friend Bill Daley, 3-5% of wines suffer from the effects of being corked. According to Wikipedia Corked is:
"Cork taint is a broad term referring to a set of undesirable smells or tastes found in a bottle...
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Lil Jon Launches Wine Label: "I'm not like an expert, so don't ask me no questions…I just like the taste."
2008-04-04 07:31
According to E! News online, Rapper Lil Jon has launched his own California wine label which will produce Chardonney and Merlot among other wines. Thanks Lil Jon, we look forward to tasting these wines. According to sources, the wine will be produced by Alison Crowe...
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Young Adults Come to their Senses
2008-04-03 10:33
It had to happen. Wine consultants survey the country and find that 21- to 35-year-olds prefer wine to beer. And, while they like wine, they know little about it, and have no strong brand loyalties.
In other words, they’re tabula rasa, empty pallets with willing palates. Fair game for advertisers....
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Report shows that wine enhances the effectiveness of cancer treatments
2008-03-28 13:30
(WebMD)
A new study shows an antioxidant found in red wine destroys cancer cells from the inside and enhances the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy cancer treatments.
Researchers say the antioxidant found in grape skins, known as resveratrol, appears to work by targeting...
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Interviews
Alan Kropf - Wine Mutineer
2009-01-13 23:17
So Alan Kropf first got in touch with us in the Fall of 2008, just before the launch of his new rag focused on the beverage industry. The...
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Steven Kolpan, Author, Professor
2009-01-04 15:54
Steven Kolpan is the Professor of Wine Studies at the CIA (Culinary Institute of America not the Central Intelligence Agency) in New York. He...
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Grant Burge, Owner of Grant Burge Wines
2008-11-17 20:00
Grant Burge Barrel Tasting
Preface
On a night late in July, my wife and I tried a bottle of 2003 Grant Burge Holy Trinity from Barossa Valley...
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Ryan Sproule, Founder of Black Box Wines
2008-08-11 21:36
Got Tannins is happy to present our readers an interview with Ryan Sproule, the founder of Black Box Wines. Ryan founded the company in 2002;...
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Natalie MacLean, Author of Red, White and Drunk All Over
2008-07-22 13:48
We met Natalie while searching for food and wine matching for our own wine group. Her award-winning web site, articles, free...
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