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What if I Told You That I'm Going to be Completely Corrupt?

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Joel Stein
Nov 19, 2024
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Among industries beset with corruption, wine journalism falls just below waste management, scrap metal, and travel journalism.  

In the olden times, food writers would not accept free things. We had expense accounts. Sure, we were corrupt back then too, but we took from our own companies. I once expensed an exorbitant dinner and wine pairing at Alinea in…

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