sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Nov 24, 2009, 5:42 pm
this is part two of three in a series on chicago pinot days 2009. part one will cover my experience as a novice taster, part two some producers that i found interesting, and part three a few wines i f...
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sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Nov 16, 2009, 2:06 am
pinot noir has become a taste bud. i have sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and pinot noir tucked away somewhere on one of the sides. this was a pretty serious event, so i thought i’d break it up into...
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sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Nov 14, 2009, 3:15 am
today i’ll be attending my first trade tasting at pinot days chicago. wha…? gotta thank dan and mike at cheap wine finder for the hookup. but don’t worry, it isn’t the apocalyp...
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sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Nov 3, 2009, 4:22 pm
the rundown a-team rhone producer black cherry, blackberry, and spice light bodied, great food wine ridiculous value for under $10 i will start this review by telling you to stop reading, go to your...
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sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Oct 31, 2009, 2:58 am
the rundown: organic grapes aged in french oak ripe cherries, vanilla silky smooth texture, lengthy finish >$15 it seems that more and more organic wines have been finding their way into the bins o...
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sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Oct 24, 2009, 3:36 pm
there are thousands of wine choices in the $20 and under range, and a few hundred are worth the price of admission (that’s in no way an exact number.) so unless you just enjoy buying swill on a ...
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sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Oct 19, 2009, 3:51 pm
okay, i’ll admit it, i’m in love with south american whites. though it hasn’t always been this way. i often notice an attitude at tastings, and i’m totally guilty, that to be t...
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sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Oct 16, 2009, 4:54 pm
it’s been a busy miserable week, let’s taste some wine, whaddya say kids? p.s. i swear i don’t work for binny’s, though maybe i should. friday, october 16th binny’s in sk...
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sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Oct 12, 2009, 12:30 am
Recently, i’ve been imbibing a lot of rhone wines, especially cotes du rhone, and i must say that this region has quickly become one of my favorites. the hot mediterranean climate gives its wine...
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sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Oct 8, 2009, 4:12 pm
i had some time to kill this morning, so i hung out at binny’s for awhile lusting over their selection (particularly all the french beauties.) i noticed they had a special tasting coming up̷...
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sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Oct 7, 2009, 1:09 am
it’s been awhile since i’ve blogged. i went on vacation, had a couple tragedies, and then the advent of the beloved football season (and the mass overload of fantasy leauges) have all pull...
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sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Sep 7, 2009, 4:46 am
if you’re like me, you love french wine, but you despise the way the language defies every pronunciation you’ve ever conceived and simultaneously makes you feel like an absolute dolt for e...
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sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Sep 4, 2009, 5:32 am
the first time i heard of this wine was about a year ago, i was going to the store to purchase some whisky for a party (yes, a wino partakes of other substances occasionally) and i stumbled upon a lit...
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sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Aug 30, 2009, 4:01 am
tonight i needed wine. usually, i avoid grocery stores like the plague because the selection is the same boring bottle with an overly-complicated marketing strategy. but it was late, so i had to settl...
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sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Aug 23, 2009, 8:39 pm
after the tasting i went to the other night, i was left wondering if i ever have liked wine, or if it all tasted like red colored compost swill that i pretended to enjoy just so i could pretend to not...
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sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Aug 21, 2009, 1:34 am
tonight i went to a wine tasting at the lake house in lake villa. all the wines offered for tasting were available by the glass at the restaurant, i think one or two only by the bottle only, and i not...
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sam Klingberg posted an article on the broke wino - Aug 20, 2009, 4:00 pm
this will be a fun project. i love wine, and like most people, i like to pay my rent. which excludes me from enjoying those classic bordeauxs, the ripe barolos, hell, i can barely look at napa some...
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