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Open That Bottle Night – Wrap Up

Dorothy Gaiter
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2 min read
   It was the kind of day that always makes us happy we have our little hideaway north of New York City. Outside was Currier and Ives--gray sky, melting snow, moody, skeletal trees. Inside, a fire that John had tended all day bathed our old dog’s body in a golden

Tips for Saturday’s Open That Bottle Night

Dorothy Gaiter
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2 min read
Open That Bottle Night is this Saturday, and will be hosted live on Palate Press by Dottie Gaiter. She shared here OTBN tips with us leading into this international wine holiday. Read them today, particularly if you plan to open an older wine. 1. Choose the wine. This is the

Identifying Flaws and Faults in Wine

David White
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2 min read
Sniff, swirl, sip. Whether at home or at a restaurant, analyzing wine is a fairly straightforward process. And when you stick your nose in a glass of wine, you'll typically encounter pleasant aromas like fruits, flowers, and spices. Sometimes, though, a wine will seem off. One unfortunate truth about wine

When Sake Gets Too Polished

W. Blake Gray
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4 min read
Rice needs to be polished to make premium sake. But there's an arms race going on, and American consumers have something to do with it, because unlike so much about sake, we can easily understand numbers. Hollywood celebrities and Las Vegas high rollers are seeking out sakes with absurdly low

Wine Science – a Video

Tom Mansell
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1 min read
Tom Mansell, Ph.D., Palate Press' Science Editor, offers a four-part lecture in the science of wine. He discusses yeast, esters, flaws, and even how to fix some flaws. Tom is an entertaining and informative speaker. We hope you enjoy Wine Science Part I, with Tom Mansell. d d d Wine

Making Reporting a Crime in Indiana

Palate Press
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3 min read
ndiana hopes to join Utah in making it a crime to step foot on farm or industrial operations and take videos or photographs without written permission from the owner.  Indiana's proposed law makes no exception for the Press and should be rejected. Laws against photographing farm operations are a response