ARTICLES
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Wine Writing in the Age of Agentic Browsing
There is something deeply weird happening on the Internet. And no, I am not talking about whatever thing your sick-o brain just thought up, though I am certain that whatever it is, is truly, horribly weird. I am talking about…
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The Start of Something (Thoughts on Oltrepò Pavese Classese, and La Genisia Recent Releases)
“There’s something happenin’ here…” The “here” in this case is Oltrepò Pavese, in Lombardy’s western edge, in northern Italy. It happens to sit right on the 45th parallel, which as a wine nerd you will have at some point heard…
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The Relocation of 1WineDude HQ
As I type this, I’m alone in a (relatively) large house west of Philadelphia. It’s my house, and it’s mostly empty, and getting emptier and emptier by what feels like the minute. That’s by design: I am in the process…
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Nary a Beat Skipped (Merry Edwards 25th Anniversary Pinot Noir)
The 2022 harvest marked the 25th anniversary of when celebrated Sonoma winemaker Merry Edwards founded her eponymous brand. To mark the occasion, Merry Edwards (the brand, not the woman, now with Heidi von der Mehden leading the cellar, who worked…
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