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May 10, 2006

Wine Porn

Anthony Bourdain defines “food porn” as “the glorification of food as a substitute for sex.” As with food porn, wine porn — to paraphrase Bourdain — describes certain mind-blowingly hedonistic and expensive wines for an audience that has little intention of actually drinking them. If Wine Spectator and Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate are the respective Penthouse and Hustler of wine publications, then the 7th Annual Heart’s Delight Wine Tasting and Auction — running from Thursday,…

 
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