A Guide to Understanding Sherry: Exploring the Wines of Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez de la Frontera is a dry, windy, and often very sandy place. The sun shines incredibly brightly nearly year round, and often, the...
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Keegan Neer
Mar 6, 202316 min read
The Wine Timeline: A Synopsis
The Ancient Vine (~400AD) Centuries ago, wine was a beverage of choice for the various ethnic groups surrounding the Mediterranean,...
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Keegan Neer
Feb 27, 20238 min read
Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc: An Icon
Though France may have birthed the majority of New World vinifera varietals, given them names, and raised them with distinct personality;...
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Keegan Neer
Feb 27, 20234 min read
How to Read German Wine Labels
German wine labels are remarkably difficult to understand, not just because the language is quite complex in and of itself, but because...
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Keegan Neer
Feb 20, 202312 min read
Mosel Riesling
The Mosel Riesling is the king of German wine; it’s a grape synonymous with Germany itself, and furthermore, it’s found at its highest...
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Keegan Neer
Feb 19, 20235 min read
How to Pay Less for Priceless Wine
It may be time to get used to paying more for wine. Prices are continuously going up as markets in China, Japan, and the US seek out...
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Keegan Neer
Feb 13, 20237 min read
Two Remarkably Cheap Wines from the Dão
Portuguese wine is on the upswing. With dazzling new and exotic numbers like Herdade de Peso Colheita, this little nation once decimated...
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Keegan Neer
Feb 8, 20234 min read
10 Incredible Wines to try this Month: February Roundup
Here is a list of feature wines from the month of January. These are excellent follow-alongs if you're looking for something new to have...
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Keegan Neer
Feb 7, 202310 min read
Vosne-Romanée and its Grands Crus
Vosne-Romanée is hallowed ground for wine aficionados. It’s a town of royalty, where the kings, and queens of wine fold up their winery...
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Keegan Neer
Feb 4, 202311 min read
The Barolo Wars: A Chainsaw that Changed the Wine World
I’ve written about what I call the Robert Parker effect a few times: this was an era marked by a fastidious attention to perfect...
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Keegan Neer
Feb 1, 202310 min read
What is Beaujolais?
You've heard it before. Beaujolais is one of those very common wine-related words that oozes a sense of austere mystique with an aura of...
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Keegan Neer
Jan 26, 20239 min read
Fitness Wine, Low Carb and Low Calorie Wines for Macros
Wine labels of late seem to be all about marketing, rather than place; and this is certainly true when it comes to the more mass produced...
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Keegan Neer
Jan 24, 202312 min read
American Wine Stories: Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
The story of how the vine found itself in Oregon may sound like an arduous tale, but it's one that's worth telling; specifically how...
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Keegan Neer
Jan 18, 20239 min read
Pairing Cigars and Wine
Perhaps whiskey springs to mind, or maybe even cognac when you’re considering the optimal beverage for cigars. They’re the classics for...
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Keegan Neer
Jan 16, 202311 min read
Wines of the Northern Rhône Valley
Last week, we covered the industrious little town of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, a hamlet charged with supplying wine for popes of southern...
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Keegan Neer
Jan 10, 20236 min read
Cabernet is King at Costco: Discount Wine Shopping
We all know that Costco is the place to go when shopping for wine. If you are seeking high-end name brand wines at a discount price,...
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Keegan Neer
Jan 9, 202311 min read
Valpolicella: Amarone, Recioto and Ripasso
If you thought all of Italy was dominated by sunlight and warm climate, think again. Though certainly not the coolest wine-growing region...
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Keegan Neer
Jan 7, 202310 min read
Three Valuable Wines from Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Among the greats of modern wine; that is the glitzy, and glamorous, and the romantic wine producing regions of the world, there have...
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Keegan Neer
Jan 3, 20239 min read
American Wine Stories: Wine Spectator and The Rhône Rangers
In the sixties and early seventies, there was a resolute obsession in the wine world with French wines, varietals, and techniques to the...
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Keegan Neer
Dec 21, 20226 min read
Kamptal, Erste Lage, and Some Austrian Wine History
Synonymous with its racy, dry Grüner Veltliner of definitive quality, the Austrian wine industry was backed into a blind corner in...
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