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Fully seven months after its publication, The Rock Snob*s Dictionary is still getting the love. Stephen Metcalf of Slate calls us “delightful” and uses the book as a pretext for a very entertaining little essay. November 04, 2005 More Rock Snobbery »
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Old World. Sepiatone-evocative term that refers chiefly to Continental Europe, the ancestral homeland of viticulture. As originally practiced by the British, Wine Snobbery was focused entirely on Old World wines, and while the rise of the NEW WORLD and ROBERT PARKER shifted the Snob paradigm, there remains a sizable Snob sector that still regards Old World favoritism as a mark of gentlemanliness and refinement. I can’t get my head around those high-alcohol California pinots; my palate is really more attuned to the Old World. Read more from the Wine Snob's Dictionary » 
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