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column, pointing to "almost desperate attempt by some of today's wine tasting potentates to bolster their credibility by suggesting a physical superiority". Kramer summarized that, "suggesting a linkage of taste buds to wine judgment is like confusing eyesight with insight". Robinson later addressed
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how he began his career as a wine writer in 1976, then a food writer of a weekly paper, in a meeting with his publisher. As the advertising department had altered the food page contents to include a "wine of the week" column, to the advertisers' approval, Kramer was told that he would write this new
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the issue in an article that suggested Kramer may not have read Robinson's own account before publishing his column, stressing that to suggest physical superiority "was the last thing was attempting".
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in their practice, citing this as one reason that so many California pinot noirs have similar taste and lack complexity, and have urged growers to aim for a more varied mix of clones.
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column. Kramer resisted, saying, "But I don't know anything about wine", but the publisher replied, "That's all right. Neither does anyone else".
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Matt Kramer on Wine: A Matchless Collection of Columns, Essays, and Observations by America's most original and lucid Wine Writer
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as "one of the more insightful and entertaining wine writers around", and by
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Introducing Appellation America's Best-of-Appellation Evaluation Program
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You can take the vines out of Burgundy, but will they make better wine?
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who reported the result of a PROP test that suggested she might be a
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California Terroir: Wines that taste like they’re from somewhere
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Kramer was the target of criticism by Australian wine writer
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The Phenomenology of Terroir: A Meditation by Randall Grahm
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Grahm, Randall, appellationamerica.com (April 18, 2006).
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Halliday, James, jancisrobinson.com (November 25, 2005).
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Oregon wine 46:, was a columnist for 1137:American wine critics 994:Maison Joseph Drouhin 749:(December 15, 2006). 635:(November 29, 2005). 438:Kramer, Matt (1989). 374:(December 13, 2004). 358:(September 2, 1992). 337:(December 21, 2003). 285:(December 26, 2002). 1147:The Oregonian people 603:(October 23, 2008). 557:"Terroir: the truth" 514:(February 3, 2000). 440:Making Sense of Wine 390:(December 6, 2006). 216:Passion for Piedmont 198:Making Sense of Wine 159:Making Sense of Wine 105:Making Sense of Wine 103:Kramer describes in 77:Making Sense of Wine 672:Steinberger, Mike, 619:(October 4, 2008). 617:Wall Street Journal 510:Molesworth, James, 425:(October 4, 2010). 321:(October 8, 2003). 281:Steinberger, Mike, 157:, Kramer states in 93:Matt Kramer on Wine 928:Walla Walla Valley 923:Van Duzer Corridor 908:Snake River Valley 853:Chehalem Mountains 745:Robinson, Jancis, 631:Carter, Felicity, 496:The New York Times 423:The New York Times 409:2010-08-21 at the 388:The New York Times 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Matt Kramer (wine)
wine
critic
The Oregonian
The New York Sun
Los Angeles Times
Wine Spectator
Mike Steinberger
Hugh Johnson
terroir
Allen Meadows
California
Pinot noir
Burgundy
clones
Dijon
wine cellar
humidity
James Halliday
Robert Parker
Jancis Robinson
supertaster
List of wine personalities
Aussie wine cops a serve
"Grape Rot: The New Wine Spectator's Distinct Aroma of Fishiness; Wine Spectator defends its Honor"
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'Making Sense' Still Making Sense
For Lovers & Learners

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