Category: Ramblings and Rants
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
Rumors of My Conversion…
….to the 100 point scoring system have been greatly exaggerated. I gotta say folks, I’m tickled pink at how many
Inside Auction Napa Valley 2007
Napa Valley throws a blow out party once a year. It’s called Auction Napa Valley, and it’s a four day
Bio-Organa-What? Perspective on The Modern Wine Drinker
I very nearly passed this over as a blog topic. I found it barely newsworthy, but Arthur, one of my
Open a Bottle, Get a Date
File this under, “what won’t they think of next?” The world of wine marketing has taken some pretty strange twists
Advanced Cork Craft
While I’m not out to be serious about wine, I generally try to avoid the frivolous side of wine. There’s
Whenever You Can, Blame The Consultants
It’s hard to blame people for acting like people, but our tendencies as a species sometimes blow me away. Find
Taking Another Run at Terroir
We all learn lessons in life that can only be taught by painful interactions with others. Now I know not
