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Wine UPdates

• 30 Second Wine Advisor: Wine Focus: Beaujolais
  Can we have a discussion of Beaujolais that does not include the phrase "serious wine"? […]
• 30 Second Wine Advisor: Offbeat Loire red: Pineau d'Aunis
  Looking for a really strange variety to add to your life list? This one's just about as hard to find as the spotted owl. […]
• Vino e Cucina d'Italia: Wine Ice Cream . . . Really!
  July being National Ice Cream Month, Neil Duarte decided to get hold of some wine ice cream and submit it to a tasting panel. The results? Read on. […]
• WineLovers Discussion Group: Decanting wine through a coffee filter
  What about using a paper coffee filter and funnel to extract the sediment from older wines? What's your opinion? Have you tried decanting or filtering wine? […]
• WebWineMan: Gimme That Old-Time Religion!
  When you were a kid, it was Kool-Aid. Today it's . . . rosé! Continuing our exploration of this summertime wine, Richard Fadeley tries some of the best. […]
• WineBlueBook: Wines compared by score and price
  Over 500 White Burgundies and other wines scored last month by the wine critics are rated in the just-published July issue of WineBlueBook. […]
• 30 Second Wine Advisor: Grape varieties touch in your glass?
  Hate it when foods touch on your plate? Perhaps this preference extends to single-varietal wines versus blends. […]
• Rogov's Ramblings: The Wine Bars of Paris
  As a young man, Daniel Rogov learned that some of the best schools for learning about the wines and foods of France were the quaint and cozy bistrots à vin of Paris. He offers us this loving remembrance, with details about a half-dozen favorites. […]
• From Amazon.com: Hugh Johnson's 2008 Pocket Wine Book
  If there's one indispensible reference for the wine lover, it's Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book. Updated annually, the 2008 edition is now available. This handy guide packs an incredible amount of information into a pocket-size volume. […]
• Favorite Wine Links: Wine Grape Varietal Table
  Here's a direct link to Steve De Long's delightfully geeky new wine-grape chart, a must-have gift for the serious wine hobbyist on your list. […]