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In Vino Veritas: Wine Law and Moet

Mar 16, 11

Posted by Edmund in Featured Articles, In Vino Veritas, Wine & Liquor

For this week’s In Vino Veritas, the group raised the stakes a bit, taking on a more serious tack and exploring the world of wine law. You might be wondering, wine law? Isn’t wine just another commodity—why would it receive its own specialized branch of law? Plus, it seems odd to be litigating constantly over some aged...

In Vino Veritas Session 6: New Zealand Wine

Feb 13, 11

Posted by Edmund in Featured Articles, In Vino Veritas, Wine & Liquor

After tackling a few of the better known winemaking regions, In Vino Veritas finally decided to head over to New Zealand. I have to admit, I myself had never had much experience with New Zealand wine, so it was as much a learning experience for me as for anyone else. ...

In Vino Session 5: Tish Wine

Jan 25, 11

Posted by Edmund in Featured Articles, In Vino Veritas, Wine & Liquor

In Vino Veritas was having its final event of the semester, a cocktail party of sorts to showcase wine and food pairings. Our host for the evening was a former Harvard man, W.R. Tish, who in 1998 started Wine for All, a wine event firm that attempts to infuse wine tasting with some good-natured food...

In Vino Veritas: Joseph Carr Wine

Jan 13, 11

Posted by Edmund in Featured Articles, In Vino Veritas, Wine & Liquor

In Vino Veritas Session 4: Joseph Carr Wine About a month ago, Harvard Law’s In Vino Veritas threw its first California-centered wine tasting, bringing in one of the Napa Valley’s premier producers, Joseph Carr. And I’ve got to tell you, this is definitely a man to keep your eyes on in the next couple years. Joseph Carr Wine...

In Vino Veritas Session 3: World Cup

Oct 31, 10

Posted by Edmund in Featured Articles, In Vino Veritas, Wine & Liquor

Lately, I’ve been drinking a lot of amazing wine, and I’ve started to get a little spoiled. When you belong to a wine organization with an alum base that includes some of the richest, most dedicated wine lovers around, you get the opportunity to taste bottles of wine that range in price from moderate to expensive to downright...

In Vino Veritas Session 2: Bordeaux

Oct 19, 10

Posted by Edmund in Featured Articles, In Vino Veritas, Wine & Liquor

Wine drinkers have long been debating the merits of wines from around the world, with countries fighting tooth-and-nail to claim winemaking superiority. Within that dispute, though, there has always been—at least from what I have perceived in wine-drinking circles—an almost mystical deference to one region above all others,...

In Vino Veritas Session 1: The Basics

Oct 05, 10

Posted by Edmund in Featured Articles, In Vino Veritas, Wine & Liquor

Having finally recovered from my Beeritas tasting, I decided it was time to go back to my forte, wine. And what better way than with another of Harvard Law’s tasting organizations, In Vino Veritas? In Vino is no ordinary organization, either. It’s easily the most prestigious of Harvard’s food-related societies, with an...