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Aglianico in Excelsis
Meet us at the shop between 4:30 and 6:30 today please. If you can make it, don't miss it. If you can't make it, find a way... Grifalco...

John Paul Kaminga
Sep 21, 20231 min read
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Oddero: Perfectly Barolo
Oddero got a perfect score a couple weeks ago.... yay, blech, cool, ffs... The world will probably never abandon wine scores, but I wish...

John Paul Kaminga
Sep 14, 20233 min read
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Gloire de Loire: Domaine du Collier
Speculation is an area of personal interest*, not so much because I want to sell wine that I've cellared, more so because I want to be...

John Paul Kaminga
Aug 15, 20232 min read
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Barbaresco Time Machine: Voghera Cotta
We love the wines of Piemonte, and stock many of our faves, both values and bottles that are justifiable splurges. Barolo and Barbaresco...

John Paul Kaminga
Aug 3, 20232 min read
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Gruner Lessons: Double Kamptal
Gruner Veltliner, much like Chardonnay, makes a wide variety of dry white wine styles. Most wine drinkers probably know Gruner for...

John Paul Kaminga
Jun 20, 20232 min read
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Most Improbable Cab: Stein Vom Berg 2019
The 2018 vintage of this wine was a real hit last year. When I saw that two cases of the 2019 were available, I did not hesitate to buy...

John Paul Kaminga
May 15, 20232 min read
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The Whole Cluster: Gour de Chaulé
When it comes to Rhone wines, we wine lovers of Massachusetts are spoiled for choice. There are so many great wines here, and they're...

John Paul Kaminga
Apr 5, 20232 min read
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Cool Climate Pinot Noir: Withers Peters
Pinot Noir snobs abound. I should know, I'm one. As with so many others, my favorite Pinots are from Burgundy, and probably from famous...

John Paul Kaminga
Feb 16, 20232 min read
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Mt. Etna: Girolamo Russo
The wine above comes from Mt. Etna, Sicily's famously active volcano. When I first got into the wine business, you could not find much...

John Paul Kaminga
Sep 14, 20222 min read
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Sangiovese Schema: Predappio e Lamole
In scheming a diagram of the vast array of styles of which Sangiovese is capable, these two wines might not end up so far apart from each...

John Paul Kaminga
Jul 28, 20222 min read
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14 July, drink Burgundy?
There were many important dates through the French Revolution, and there were notable events before July 14, 1798, but on this day a...

John Paul Kaminga
Jul 14, 20222 min read
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The Notorious Elodie: Domaine Alain Michelot
The name of the Domaine may be Alain Michelot, but for several vintages the person behind the label is Elodie Michelot, Alain's daughter....

John Paul Kaminga
Jul 7, 20222 min read
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You're the 'In Crowd': Jouan Coteaux Bourguignons
A friend and esteemed colleague in the wine biz got a bottle of 2019 Philippe Jouan Coteaux Bourguignons from us last week, and his...

John Paul Kaminga
Jun 23, 20221 min read
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