Category: Ramblings and Rants
Backlash Against Parker?
I don’t really read the San Francisco Chronicle, mostly because they don’t provide RSS feeds that would allow me to
A Menu For Hope: Wine Touring For Kashmir Earthquake Relief
Last year around the holidays the world was watching in horror as we learned of the full devastation which the
Messages In a Bottle: Wine Holidays
It’s that time of year, isn’t it? It’s just barely December and I can feel the holidays bearing down like
More Sniping at The Top of The Wine World
Like the Royal Family trading insults or the latest antics of Scientology obsessed celebrities, I continue to be fascintated with
Some French Continue To Get It Completely Wrong
I continue to be amazed at what seems to me to be the jaw-dropping stupidity of the major marketing and
Thoughts On The Spectator’s Top 10
Every year around this time, the Wine Spectator releases their list of top 100 wines of the year. And then
Who Forbes Thinks Make The Best Wine
I had to chuckle the other day when my friend Jack over at Fork & Bottle sent me this link
How I Rate and Review Wine
It’s been some time since I talked about the way I review and write about wine, and there are new
Happy Thanksgiving From Vinography
Wherever you are, I hope you are surrounded by the people you love and are appreciating the good things that
No Thanksgiving Wine Tips Here
Just in case you haven’t figured it out yet, you won’t be getting any list of great holiday gifts for
The World’s Priciest Meals? Hardly.
Short of the Robb Report, which is really a magazine for those who aspire to be rich, there’s no magazine
Shoot The Messenger
I’ve just come back from a lovely dinner, where we polished off two bottles of wine at a local Italian
The World’s Representative Wine Cellar
All statistics and no essays make Alder a dull boy, but I always seem to get lots of interesting responses
Past The Million Mark
I continue to be amazed at how many of you there are, and how you seem to find your way
Wild Card (When Worlds Collide)
Last Spring, at a fundraiser for a professional Institute with which she’s affiliated, my wife made the high bid on
Italy’s Best Wines: The Tre Bicchieri Winners for 2006
Thanks go to Jack and Joanne over at Fork and Bottle for alerting me to the recent announcement of the
Messages In A Bottle: Disorientation and Diversity
The dialogue about wine in popular American culture usually fails to rise above a whisper. This is to say that
Slow Wine and Scary Shadows
Thanks to Andy over at Spittoon for pointing out an interesting article by Michel Smith over at Slow Food, on
Advice For The Overwhelmed Consumer
It’s ok. I was once one of you. Nearly everyone who loves wine was once in the market segment that
