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Bad wine: corked, cooked and quaked, part three

I’ve coined the alliterative term “quaked” to refer to wine that is unsettled either through travel or other extreme physical...
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Cyber Monday bad wine deals: Consumers beware

  • Cyber Monday wine
  • November 28, 2011
The email inbox Cyber Monday explodes with wine deals, but many of the offerings are simply bad wine for sale.To understand, see the previous...
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Bad wine: corked, cooked and quaked, part two

  • cooked wine
  • October 10, 2011
“What’s wrong with my wine?”In Florida, high temperature is the biggest cause of bad wine, or “cooking,” which means...
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Bad Wine: Corked, Cooked and Quaked, part one

“How do I know my wine is bad?”Yes, I’ve gotten that question many a time. I bite back the easy reply of “When it tastes...
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Life's too short to drink bad wine

  • Drink good wine
  • April 30, 2011
To start with, you deserve better. No one should have to drink bad wine, yet everyday there are people washing their mouths out with inferior wines...
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Is oxidation a wine style or just bad wine?

Oxygen is thought to be important in the development of wine. The interaction between the wine and the small amount of air behind the cork, helps...
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What makes a bottle of wine bad?

You just spent a small fortune on that new bottle of wine for that special occasion. You open it in excited anticipaton, expectng to savor...
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Saving Wine from the Brink: How to Rescue a “Corked" Bottle of Wine

  • wine
  • January 23, 2011
This article is going to be a little different than ones from the past. Instead of making recommendations on wines to seek out and purchase to...
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