THE PETER LIEM INTERVIEW
When I first met Peter Liem, I had a lot more hair, and my beard was all pepper and no salt. He was a fairly obscure guy publishing a...
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Terry Theise
- Mar 17, 2021
- 5 min
FLOWERS, NEEDLES AND BIRDS; THE JOURNAL OF A WEEK
It was one of those late winter days that felt good and looked awful. Light-jacket weather for my walk in the Forest Hills cemetery, but...
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Terry Theise
- Mar 8, 2021
- 6 min
THE LANGUAGE OF TASTING
There’s a famous saying in Zen studies (so famous that even I know it; I do not study Zen) that to hit the target you don’t aim for the...
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Terry Theise
- Feb 26, 2021
- 8 min
GO ON, USE ME
The first samples – mostly Austrians and Champagnes – will start reaching me in a month or so. Tasting will begin toot sweet. The ol’...
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Terry Theise
- Feb 16, 2021
- 6 min
ARE “IMPORTERS” AN ENDANGERED SPEICES?
Some would have you believe it. Once upon a time, not so long ago, a curious type of American wine merchant evolved. Back then there were...
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Terry Theise
- Feb 4, 2021
- 4 min
LOOKING AND SEEING ARE NOT THE SAME
(Two views of Tintin and Snowy) (A book you should know about) (Preview of exciting things to come) I have a picture of Tintin and his...
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Terry Theise
- Jan 25, 2021
- 12 min
SAM DAVIES IS STILL AN INTERESTING MAN
We stayed in touch after I published our first conversation back in July. Every now and again one of us finds something he knows the...
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Terry Theise
- Jan 19, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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Terry Theise
- Jan 11, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Terry Theise
- Jan 4, 2021
- 6 min
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...
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