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REFLECTIONS ON A CAREER, INTERRUPTED
“They say late bloomers are rare not because talent in older people is rare, but because talents that might develop when we’re older...

Terry Theise
Jan 19, 20215 min read


AN APPRECIATION
I had a couple things cued up to run this week, but both can wait. Maybe I’ll get to them in a few days. Today I need to write about the...

Terry Theise
Jan 11, 20214 min read


CRIMES AGAINST WINE
I did a truly evil thing. I’ll tell you about it. We had some leftovers from a lamb roast, and Karen Odessa (henceforth “KO”) wanted to...

Terry Theise
Jan 4, 20216 min read


MERRY GLOWING WOMBATS
Until yesterday I didn’t know that glowing wombats were a thing, but I read about them in the Times, so I guess they must be. I wish I’d...

Terry Theise
Dec 22, 20203 min read


THOUGHTS ABOUT “FLAWED” WINE
My first thought is this. When we talk about “flawed wine” we are often not talking about flawed wine; we are talking about ourselves....

Terry Theise
Dec 14, 20205 min read


DARJEELING REVISITED: THE BEST TEAS OF THE 2020 SUMMER SEASON
Please understand; clearly these are the best teas among those I obtained. I didn’t taste everything, and there are merchants from whom I...

Terry Theise
Dec 7, 20207 min read


Kindred Spirit
It was either an article about the Pfalz which included Müller-Catoir, or it was an article exclusively about Catoir, but in either case...

Terry Theise
Nov 30, 202016 min read


A CONNOISSEUR OF RELIEF
It is my favorite part of music, known as the diminuendo, the quieting down after a loud passage. I like the thundery stuff as much as...

Terry Theise
Nov 16, 20204 min read


WINE; I MEAN, WTF??!
My old friend Joe Appel is examining the difference between having “something to say” versus copy to produce. He’s one of the few who...

Terry Theise
Nov 5, 20208 min read


PLAY NICE BOYS AND GIRLS
Last week I posted a kind of symposium on the subject of “masculine” and “feminine” as wine descriptors. My thoughts continue to circle...

Terry Theise
Oct 26, 202010 min read
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