Category: Ramblings and Rants
Trying To Pin Down an Apellation’s Flavors
What does the Dry Creek Valley taste like? Not an easy question to answer with anything other than “It depends…”
Final Plug for A Menu For Hope II
If you have not yet made a donation to a Menu For Hope II, I’d like to sincerely ask you
How The Business World Thinks About Wine
When I first saw this story, I couldn’t stop laughing. But the more I thought about it, the stranger and
A Wine Job For The Holidays
Hello wine lover. Do you wish you knew more about wine, but aren’t sure really where to begin? Are you
Wine And Food Pairing World Championships
Annoucer 1: Jim, here comes the next contestant, Andreas Larsson, former winner of the Sommelier of Sweden award, and finalist
Backlash Against Parker?
I don’t really read the San Francisco Chronicle, mostly because they don’t provide RSS feeds that would allow me to
A Menu For Hope: Wine Touring For Kashmir Earthquake Relief
Last year around the holidays the world was watching in horror as we learned of the full devastation which the
Messages In a Bottle: Wine Holidays
It’s that time of year, isn’t it? It’s just barely December and I can feel the holidays bearing down like
More Sniping at The Top of The Wine World
Like the Royal Family trading insults or the latest antics of Scientology obsessed celebrities, I continue to be fascintated with
Some French Continue To Get It Completely Wrong
I continue to be amazed at what seems to me to be the jaw-dropping stupidity of the major marketing and
Thoughts On The Spectator’s Top 10
Every year around this time, the Wine Spectator releases their list of top 100 wines of the year. And then
Who Forbes Thinks Make The Best Wine
I had to chuckle the other day when my friend Jack over at Fork & Bottle sent me this link
How I Rate and Review Wine
It’s been some time since I talked about the way I review and write about wine, and there are new
Happy Thanksgiving From Vinography
Wherever you are, I hope you are surrounded by the people you love and are appreciating the good things that
No Thanksgiving Wine Tips Here
Just in case you haven’t figured it out yet, you won’t be getting any list of great holiday gifts for
The World’s Priciest Meals? Hardly.
Short of the Robb Report, which is really a magazine for those who aspire to be rich, there’s no magazine
Shoot The Messenger
I’ve just come back from a lovely dinner, where we polished off two bottles of wine at a local Italian
The World’s Representative Wine Cellar
All statistics and no essays make Alder a dull boy, but I always seem to get lots of interesting responses
Past The Million Mark
I continue to be amazed at how many of you there are, and how you seem to find your way
