Category: Ramblings and Rants
All That Grand Cru Wine is not Worthless After All
In the real olden days, grape farmers had to deal with plagues of locusts, rampaging armies, and all manner of
Wine and Architecture
Wine and architecture have a long history together. If architecture is frozen music, then wine is liquid weather. Each transmutes
The Soft, Hidden Underbelly of Wine Sales
Here’s an e-mail that a little bird forwarded to me the other day. Names have been redacted to protect the
The Blind Wine Taster
” These slide shows focus on individual New Yorkers and tell a little of their story with some gorgeous photographs
All He Wanted Was a Bottle of Wine After Work
I’ve been working really hard lately. Not here on Vinography, but at the day job that pays the bills. So
The Future of Wine: Urban Vineyards?
In an age of backlash against big-business agriculture and of increasing value placed on local, sustainable living, the phenomenon known
The Fine Wine Bubble of the Early 21st Century
While in most media circles, the larger global economic meltdown consumes the lion’s share of attention, the wine world is
Tartar Control Chardonnay: Wine Fights Cavities?
Once upon a time I thought that one of the topics that I would write about with regularity would be
Somali Pirates Take Ransom in Wine
Apparently the stepped-up patrols of U.S. warships off the coast of Somalia and increased vigilance on the part of ships’
Williams Selyem, Russian River Valley: Pinot Noir Current Releases
Great wineries not only make great wines, they do so consistently. This year-in-year-out maintenance of quality can prove quite difficult,
The Rise of the Shotgun Wine Company
I’ve noticed an interesting phenomenon lately, one that has become observable to me as the number of unsolicited wine samples
For Your Next Wine Vacation….
Did I mention that I love the Internet? Where else, and how else, could we discover the ultimate wine lover’s
Vinography Aroma Card Now Available in Japanese
When I published the Vinography Aroma Card two years ago I had no idea that it was going to be
And For the Wine Lover that has Everything…
We present the most awesome (let’s admit it, the ONLY) steampunk corkscrew and wine pourer we’ve ever seen. All I
Vinography and the American Wine Blog Awards
Yesterday Vinography won Best Writing on a Wine Blog, and Best Overall Wine Blog for the second year in a
Respectfully Asking for Your Vote
Today is the last day to vote in the 2009 American Wine Blog Awards, the only real contest of its
Drink What You’ve Got: Wine in Troubled Times
The current recession offers a blessing in disguise for many wine lovers. Even those whose decreased purchasing power means they
Tonight is Open That Bottle Night
For the last ten years, the final Saturday in February has become an important night for wine lovers around the
In Search of the Cynical Winemaker
I had a conversation the other night with a fellow wine writer that unsettled me. We were tasting a number
