https://www.saltshaker.net/20051123/rainy-day-reading Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Sun, 30 Oct 2016 11:59:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20051123/rainy-day-reading#comment-243372 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 03:55:02 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20051123/rainy-day-reading#comment-243372 […] Viñas, Bodegas & Vinos was released this week. Long time readers will possibly remember my review of last year’s edition and the launch event. Things changed quite a bit this year. First, and […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20051123/rainy-day-reading#comment-253 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:48:21 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20051123/rainy-day-reading#comment-253 […] On a regular basis the discussion of point and star systems and the like in regard to wine ratings and notes rears its head. It’s come up again recently on several wine blogs out there, and it’s of note to me at the moment because of my involvement in the tasting panels for the next edition of Viñas, Bodegas y Vinos, the relatively new annual South American wine guide. I may as well weigh in on the discourse. […]

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