Category: Ramblings and Rants
My ISP Owes You an Apology
For the last 18 or so hours, and for some people it may still be so, Vinography has been deader
Wine Competitions are One Big Racket
If I ever wanted to make a lot of money in the wine industry, I know just what I’d do.
Hear That? It’s the Sound of a Billion Wine Corks Pulled in China.
It’s no surprise that with the Olympics going on, all manner of news media have turned their eye on China.
Manresa Restaurant and Vinography Present: The Sake Dinner, September 10th, 2008
Those of you who have been hanging around these parts for some time know that on occasion I get together
The Shakespeare of Terroir
“Oh my God,” Terry Theise says, walking over to me, the only guy in the room with a laptop, with
Just When You Thought France Was Making Progress
No matter how bad you think you have it, there are other folks who have it worse than you. We
How Simple Should Wine Get?
As an advocate for wine, I try to help people enjoy wine more (or for the first time) in whatever
Messages in a Bottle: Ode to the Blended Wine
Growing up in America cripples us wine lovers from the very start. Sure, we are born into the land of
Where Vinography Gets Read Around the World
I don’t get a lot of reader requests for me to write specific articles here on Vinography, but a series
That Smoky 2008 Vintage: California Wine and Wildfires
There were a few weeks in June when the last place a wine lover would have wanted to be was
Grand Jury Cru: Part Deux
I wrote a post over a year ago entitled Grand Jury Cru, which described the unfortunate plight of the wineries
Subjectivity, Aesthetics, and the Evaluation of Wine
If you’d rather drink your wine instead of intellectualizing about it, close your browser window now. However, if you’re game
Introducing the World’s Best (FREE!) Wine Cellar Management Software
This constitutes the first and possibly the only time you will ever find me endorsing, recommending, and generally plugging a
Red Wine and Charred Meat Cure Leprosy
I’m sorry about that headline. I couldn’t help myself. Everyone else is doing it. When I first started writing about
Into the Wilderness with Wine
The trunk contains a cooler. The cooler contains ten bottles of wine: three whites, two rosés, and five reds. In
Sake Rice Matters: the Experts are Wrong.
By W. Blake Gray How much does the type of rice matter in sake? “Not much,” most experts say. But
The Myth of the Monolithic Wine Palate
If you have more than a passing interest in wine, you’ve no doubt heard some form of this common complaint:
Terroir vs. Pleasure in Wine
How many times have I told myself not to meddle in the world of terroir? Having (or starting) discussions about
Blogging From Paradise: Day 2 at the Aspen Food and Wine Classic
Day two of Aspen’s Food and Wine Classic was blessed with the same weather as the first. Crystalline blue skies,
