Category: Ramblings and Rants
The Essence of Wine: Espresso
Image © 2012 Leigh Beisch Its discovery in the highlands of Ethiopia remains shrouded in the mystery of lost tribal
California Grape Shortage – Fact or Fiction?
“Panic! Wine Prices Due to Rise” read a recent headline on TIME Magazine’s website. Welcome to the absurd states of
The Essence of Wine: Watermelon
Image © 2012 Leigh Beisch Its flavors hold memories of long days, green grass, laughter, and innocence. Of all summer
Hungarian Wine Judging
As some of you know, I’ve just spent the last few days holed up on top of a hill overlooking
The Essence of Wine: White Flowers
Image © 2012 Leigh Beisch One of life’s great, mysterious pleasures can be encountered on a temperate summer evening in
Off to Hungary to Judge, Taste, and Learn
It was 2005. I was in New York City on business, and convinced (not that I had to twist his
The Essence of Wine: Buttered Popcorn
Image © 2012 Leigh Beisch Unmistakably redolent of American childhood, nothing quite compares to the scent of freshly popped corn
The Essence of Wine: Tobacco
Image © 2012 Leigh Beisch Broad leaves, kiln fired, transmute a weed into an aromatic wonder that has conquered the
Exporting America
On my recent trip to Austria, I stopped in at one of the city’s more well-regarded chain wine stores, Wein
The Essence of Wine: Oranges
Image © 2012 Leigh Beisch A fruit, a color. By its name, we shall know it well. From the ancient
The Essence of Wine: Lime
Image © 2012 Leigh Beisch Once it was a closely guarded military secret. Anti-scurvy powers lent an indelible nickname to
Vote for Vinography in the 2012 Saveur Blog Awards
. The folks at Saveur do a very good job of putting these awards together. This year there were a
Meet The German Wine Queen
Beauty pageants have come and gone in America as a source of prime time entertainment. Where the Miss America pageant
The Essence of Wine: Exotic Citrus
Image © 2012 Leigh Beisch There was a time before lemon and lime, when from the far reaches of the
Advancing Vinography Wine Press Relations
This post is another one of my periodic entries focused primarily on the wine industry. If you are a consumer,
The Essence of Wine: Green Bell Pepper
Image © 2012 Leigh Beisch Christopher Columbus was an unwitting pawn, the tool of a plant with grand designs. The
The Future of American Wine
I just came across what is perhaps the most insightful, well written piece of commentary on the future of the
The Essence of Wine: Red Berries
Image © 2012 Leigh Beisch In the depths of the forest, shafts of sunlight pierce through dark green canopies, illuminating
In Pursuit of California Balance
Clumsy. Overripe. High alcohol. Over oaked. Fruit driven. Massive. Sweet. Made for Mr Parker’s Palate. The historical stereotype of California
