larry stone's blog archive

March 2007

Final Confessions of a Merlot Lover

Posted: Mar 29, 2007 10:56pm ET

This is my farewell blog. I want to thank Wine Spectator for giving me a few pages to express myself on, but it is time to go. I have not really exhausted my subject, but other obligations call me. I have come to an even greater respect for writers and bloggers everywhere after attempting to keep up with the demands of writing a feature regularly for even a couple of months.

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Corks: Can't Live With 'em or Without 'em

Posted: Mar 8, 2007 4:25pm ET

In my last few blogs, I talked about having had some trouble with corky bottles of wine. This is a problem that all of us have experienced. I have been unfortunate to open bottles of Krug Collection 1964 , DRC La Tâche 1978 , Pichon-Lalande 1982 , and other great wines that have been corked – even Rubicon.

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