Wine, beer, and other potent potables.

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• Something New Nonvintage champagnes for snobs who prefer the good stuff.
  Mike Steinberger Dec. 26, 2007
  
• Pinot's Progress What to drink at Thanksgiving? An Oregon pinot noir.
  Mike Steinberger Nov. 14, 2007
  
• In Blindness Veritas? Tasting wine blind isn't all it's cracked up to be.
  Mike Steinberger Nov. 7, 2007
  
• A Wine Like a Cat The restrained pleasures of Savennières.
  Mike Steinberger Oct. 10, 2007
  
• Excuse Me, Waiter, There's Fake Wine in My Glass How big a problem is counterfeit wine?
  Mike Steinberger Sept. 12, 2007
  
• Red Wine, Cold? Stick that bottle in the fridge.
  Mike Steinberger Aug. 15, 2007
  
• I Wish I Lived in a Land of Lipton … What makes Southern sweet tea so special?
  Jeffrey Klineman Aug. 8, 2007
  
• Watch Me Drink! A wine guru for the YouTube era.
  Mike Steinberger Aug. 1, 2007
  
• A Great Grape The stinky pleasures of Mourvèdre.
  Mike Steinberger July 18, 2007
  
• Do You Want To Be a Supertaster? The physiology of the wine critic.
  Mike Steinberger June 22, 2007
  
• Am I a Supertaster? The physiology of the wine critic.
  Mike Steinberger June 20, 2007
  
• Do You Taste What I Taste? The physiology of the wine critic.
  Mike Steinberger June 20, 2007
  
• Cherries, Berries, Asphalt, and Jam Why wine writers talk that way.
  Mike Steinberger June 15, 2007
  
• Beer in the Headlights Sales are flat. Wine is ascendant. How did this happen?
  Field Maloney May 30, 2007
  
• Who's To Blame for Expensive Wine? The trouble with Robert Parker's point system.
  Mike Steinberger March 9, 2007
  
• An Oenophile and His Money Is any bottle of wine worth $700?
  Mike Steinberger Jan. 27, 2007