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The Film Snob*s Dictionary goes on sale in bookstores this Tuesday, February 21, and can be ordered via Amazon by clicking on its cover in the sidebar at right. Already, the New York Times and Washington Post have given the book favorable reviews, and we’ve not even yet heard from the Altoona (Pa.) Mirror! February 19, 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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