Category: Ramblings and Rants
Holiday Gifts for Wine Lovers: The Only Advice You Need
I take special (perhaps even perverse) pride in eschewing all the typical seasonal storylines that are churned out, regular as
The ISP vs. the Wine Blog
The company that hosts this blog (Dreamhost) just got themselves on the list for a stocking full of coal this
The Sadness and Irony of a Wine Museum
Meet Michel Chasseuil. He’s 67, drives a beat-up old car, never goes on vacation, and is perhaps not unlike so
Wine Twitters by Vinography
I’m an odd combination of early adopter and time starved executive. This means that I tend to know about and
Put a Cork in it: Screwcap Wine Closures Are Not Endangering Animals!
Why do I feel like the wine media watchdog these days? Maybe the holiday spirit brings out the misinformation campaigns
Now is a Very Good Time to Buy Wine
If I had some extra cash laying around right now, in addition to plowing it into the stock market, I’d
Stop The Thanksgiving Wine Recommendations!
I read a lot of wine writing. And when I say a lot, I mean a lot. And when I
Ye Olde Wine Shoppe
When I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do on the weekends was to go to garage
The Skeptic’s Guide to Biodynamic Wine
The average wine consumer has no idea what it means for a wine to be organic. And when it comes
The Truth About American Wine Drinking
Looks like a piece of news slipped by me a couple of months ago. Every year I look forward to
I Don’t Understand San Francisco Wine Week
Perhaps I’m just getting too old, but I can’t for the life of me really understand what San Francisco Wine
Semi-Debunking Wild Yeast Fermentation in Wine
If you’ve read many wine labels, especially those of wines that cost more than $25, you’ve almost certainly seen on
Wine and the Flavor of Curiousity
I never tire of looking out an airplane window at the shifting landscape below, mottled with the patchy light of
Is There Any Point to Negative Wine Reviews?
A little less than five years ago when I started this blog, I naively thought that I might try to
A Conference for Wine Bloggers
A strange concept if there ever was one. A gathering of more than 150 wine bloggers in one place. Such
Wine That Answers the Question: What is This Shit?
Amidst the tumbling financial markets, rapacious campaigning, and international crises of one form or another, we all need to slow
Raise a Fist for French Wine: Vive la France!
Solidarity, people. That’s what I’m talking about. The winegrowers of France are outraged. So what else is new? But for
