Category: Wine News
Why Blow Up A Winery?
Can you imagine this headline?: “NAPA, CA: This morning a bomb exploded outside the Robert Mondavi winery off of Highway
Metal = Color in Your Wine
We learn more about wine every day. And I mean that in both the immediate and the global sense of
The Dangers of Buying Wine in Dallas
I got angry when I read this story. Really angry. It’s bad enough that owner Michel Monzain of Tony’s Wine
Helping You Remember Where You Put That Bottle
A new story about how red wine is good for your health comes out every 2 weeks. Think I’m kidding?
Good Enough To Bathe In
I’ve written about wine from Thailand before — a shocking place if ever there was one for growing wine, so
Pharaohs Prefer Red
We’ve known that the Egyptians had wine for a long time. If the funky jars with wax stoppers and grapey
Vines in Space
It was only a matter of time before some crazy rich winemaker decided to get himself blasted into space carrying
Who Wants Pooh Bear on Their Wine Label? Apparently Everyone
We all do it. We all occasionally buy a wine based on its label. If you don’t you either are
Why France Is In Trouble
Well, there are lots of reasons that the French wine industry is headed for (already met with?) disaster, but recent
Much Better Than Talking Wine Labels
The talking wine label will no doubt die the slow painful death reserved for only the most ridiculous of technologies.
Cyber-oenology v1.0
We live in a world of remote technological gratification, where we can outsource our own jobs to people we watch
Fewer grapes this year in lots of places
Harvest is nearly here. Throughout California, and in many other places in the country, grapes have already gone through veraison,
Israeli Wine on The Radio
While we’re on the topic of smaller, out of the way wine regions, I might as well post this piece
The World’s Least Likely Wine Region?: Thailand
Ninety degree heat. Ninety percent humidity. Incredibly high precipitation. Flat, low altitude topology. Sounds like exactly the wrong place to
Lowering The Octane
Certain readers *you know who you are* like to harp on the alcohol level issue a lot. And to be
Fingerprinting Wine: Your Tax Dollars at Work
Lanthanum, Cerium, Uranium, Vanadium, Chromium, Manganese, Strontium, Barium, Titanium, Rubidium, Zinc and Copper. Sounds like a bad flashback from honors
China’s The Biggest Market For Everything, Even Wine
What would happen if the Chinese got to be as rampant wine drinkers as the Japanese? The wine world would
On The Rise Down Under
Australia recently awarded a set of medals to its best winemakers, including its best emerging winemaker and I happen to
Motes In The Vineyard: The Next Big Thing
Start the Mission Impossible theme song and put on your night vision goggles, because spy technology is coming soon to
