The All-Important QPR

Posted 01/30/2008 at 10:17 AM by Ben

What's the one thing that's more important than the score of a wine or its price? Lately, it's something called the QPR, which stands for Quality-Price-Ratio.  
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Judging Wines at a Tasting

Posted 01/28/2008 at 10:15 AM by Ben

How do you judge the best wine at a tasting? Is it the one that gets the the 100 point score? The most expensive? The one that gives you the best buzz?  
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Beaulieu Builds a Guesthouse

Posted 01/26/2008 at 10:09 AM by Ben

It looks like Napa Valley's Beaulieu Vineyards has finally figured out what to do with its celebrated Georges de Latour Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. It's building it a guesthouse. And a very nice one at that.  
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Margaux vs. Chateau Margaux?

Posted 01/24/2008 at 10:06 AM by Ben

Chateau d'Issan is classified as a Margaux. So what the heck is Chateau Margaux?  
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Wine History Repeats Itself

Posted 01/10/2008 at 10:00 AM by Ben

Clos LaChance Winery of San Martin, California, has bought a mobile bottling line that will travel to small wineries and bottle their wine for them. They say it will allow small, family-owned wineries that can't afford their own expensive bottling operations to call their wines "estate bottled," which many consumers look for as a sign of quality.  
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