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The job description for a wine writer -- were such a thing to exist -- would surely be one of the oddest in the world.
Whenever I attempt to describe a typical day in my working life, I tend to dwell on the mundane details: the hours of e-mail, the scheduling of meetings and deadlines, the sorting of wines and organizing of tastings, and the seemingly endless trips to the recycle bin. But what people really want to know is how many wines do I taste?See the full content of this document
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Some State Wines Wow Writer
In her soon-to-be-published book about Robert Parker, the world's most influential wine writer, author Elin McCoy has an entire chapter called "Tasting 10,000 Wines A Year." I think that's a low figure for Parker, but depending upon how you count them, I probably come fairly close to that. It's an extraordinary amount of wine, even though, as one wag put i...
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