The Wine Curmudgeon
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Keep up with articles about wine, what it tastes like, as well as tips and advice about buying and drinking wine. The Wine Curmudgeon is a blog by Jeff Siegel that focuses on cheap wine. Jeff is a nationally known wine writer whose work has appeared in a variety of newspapers.
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Ah, the WC look. Who else could get away with that?“My necessaries are embark’d: farewell”
Yes, the quote is from Shakespeare (“Hamlet,” Act 1, Scene 3). And why not go out by stealing from the best?
Today’s is the blog’s final post, and it has been a grand and glorious run — some 4,700 posts over more than 16 years. Which, actually, was even longer than my time in the newspaper business (and I didn’t have to cover one high school football game in the process).
Who knew that would happen?
The blog survived the Trump wine tariff as well as the worst recession in 45 years, and it even survived a ..read more
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3M ago
“Yes, we can talk about making New Year’s wine resolutions. That’s why we’re here.”The Wine Curmudgeon’s 11th — and final — annual Do-it-yourself New Year’s wine resolutions.
This was always one of my favorite features, which is why I kept doing it even though Substack didn’t allow the necessary coding. So, one final time — click on the drop-down menus and select your wine resolutions for the new year. As always, thanks to Al Yellon, since I stole the idea from him.
In 2024, I will:
give up wine, because it’s the healthy thing to do. drink low-alcohol wine, because it’s the healthy thing ..read more
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