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We’re sorry that the holidays, book deadlines, and the NFL playoffs have contributed to the dormancy of this site. Bear with us just a few days longer–we are revving up for a site tweak to accomodate the forthcoming Film Snob’s Dictionary. January 10, 2006 More Film Snobbery »
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Garagiste. Frenchified term for an artisanal wine producer whose output is so small that his whole outfit is housed in his garage, or at least a building as small as a garage. Garagiste wines, no matter what their quality, are coveted by Snobs for the insiderist cachet they carry, and are thus usually scandalously overpriced. Though the typical garagiste wine comes from Napa or Sonoma, the movement’s spiritual home is Château Valandraud, one of the many tiny, anti-establishment properties in Bordeaux that wowed ROBERT PARKER with small-production, ultra-EXTRACTED wines aged in BARRIQUE. Read more from the Wine Snob's Dictionary » 
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