Category: Ramblings and Rants
The Power of the Label
Show me a wine lover that hasn’t made a purchasing decision based on the label, and I’ll show you someone
The Double Edge of Wine Science
There’s always an element of the exciting and simultaneously the ominous whenever we discover something about the fundamental chemistry of
IPNC 2007: Tidbits, Gossip, and Thoughts
I’m now safely back in San Francisco after spending last weekend at the 2007 International Pinot Noir Celebration in McMinnville,
IPNC 2007: The Secret Life of Pinot Noir
DAY TWO: Hello again from McMinnville, Oregon, where I am attending the 2007 International Pinot Noir Celebration, a conference and
Correction: You Know What They Say About Assumptions
One of my favorite parts of any newspaper or magazine is the corrections column, which I read for the sheer
IPNC 2007: Wine Jeopardy
DAY ONE (continued): The afternoon of day one at the 2007 International Pinot Noir Celebration in McMinnville, Oregon offered attendees
Submerged in Pinot Noir: IPNC 2007
DAY ONE: Hello from sunny McMinnville, in Oregon’s Willamette Valley where I am spending the weekend attending the annual International
Stabbing Cornas In the Chest
For the last week there has been quite a conversation brewing as the result of my commentary on a magazine
Advanced Bottle Craft
I can’t tell you how many wine bottles I must have recycled at this point in my wine drinking career.
The Soul vs. The Market
I’m seriously behind on my magazine reading. So much that along with putting some delicate Japanese ceramics out of reach,
Wine As Self Defense
I swear you couldn’t possibly make this shit up if you tried. Forget the NRA, next time you happen to
About Those 2007 Bordeaux Futures…
Nature giveth, and she taketh away. Just when we all thought that Global Warming might be making wine a little
How to Win Friends in the Wine Business
It never ceases to amaze me how people tend to forget that they are just customers. I’m guilty of this
The Price of Independence
American Independence Day: our celebration of nationhood and the presumed political destiny of our “great” nation. Almost every nation in
Stop The State Fair Madness
We interrupt your normal levelheaded Vinography programming with the following outraged rant. Listen up wine industry folks, this whole state
Vinography’s Wine Aroma Card Now in Spanish and Italian
When I published the Vinography Aroma Card in November of last year I had no idea that it was going
Steinberger on the Physiology of Taste
Sometimes we forget that the world is moving along under our feet, sweeping its way around the Sun and that
Phoenix or Lead Balloon?: Copia Reinvents Itself
Copia, for those who don’t know, is a multi-million dollar food and wine center in Napa California that was co-founded
