Jeff Lefevere and I return to review the top wine stories of the past month including tongue-twisting wine names, a disturbing wine manifesto, trends in wine marketing, the stellar 2009 Bordeaux vintage and much more.

Hosts: Tim Elliott and Jeff Lefevere

Topics

- If the wine is hard to pronounce, is it worth more?
- Has wine lost it’s romance?
- The Slow Wine movement
- 2009 Bordeaux: vintage of the century?
- Will drinking too much wine give you cancer?
- Million Dollar Day for WinesTilSoldOut.com
- Wine’s 2011 Report Card
- Moet Hennessy aims for super-premium red wine from China
- Are Americans’ Tastes Changing?
- Wine discounting trends
- Randall Grahm and The State of the Modest Winery
- Follow-up on QR codes from last month

Events

- 2012 New York Wine Expo: March 2-4, New York City
- 2012 World of Pinot Noir Tasting: March 2-3, Shell Beach, CA
- Paso Robles Wine Country’s 2012 Zinfandel Festival, March 17, 2012
- Wine Blogging Wednesday 75, Single Vineyard, March 21st
- Rhone Rangers, San Francisco, March 24-25
- For events near you check out Local Wine Events: http://www.localwineevents.com

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