Category: Ramblings and Rants

The First Real Good Discussion Topic About Sideways

Yes, I finally saw the movie Sideways (thanks for asking) and had a good time watching it and found myself

Robert Parker On Charlie Rose: The Transcript

The worlds most influential wine critic, Robert M. Parker, Jr. appeared on Charlie Rose recently for a good amount of

Slate Reviews The Celebrity Wines

I’ve written before about the rapidly increasing ranks of celebrities (living and dead) who are putting their names and images

Introducing My First Guest Bloggers

Recently, because of previous commitments, I was unable to attend a wine event that I wanted to bring you coverage

Pssst. Hey Buddy. Wanna Buy Some Used Pinot?

Thanks to some fellow bloggers and readers, I was clued into a funny phenomenon that’s going on with the Google

The Danger of Eating Winery Food

WARNING: if you have a delicate stomach, do not read this post. If you’ve got a reasonable amount of mettle,

Wine Judging: Jury Duty With Alcohol

The Sacramento Bee has got a great article this week about wine judging for competitions. The Bee’s staff writer J.

What Is A Perfect Wine?

My fellow blogger Tom, who writes Fermentations, had a great post yesterday (and see his follow up) about a discussion

Vinography And The Wine Fairy

Just a small snippet for those who may be interested. I was interviewed this week on Wine and Dine Radio,

Whine By The Glass

Thanks to Noah over at Juice for the tip on a thought provoking article in Food and Wine about wine

Who Is Responsible For Hedonistic Fruit Bombs?

Thanks to Tom over at Fermentations for the tip on a wonderfully written article in the London Review of Books

American Oak May Be On Its Way Out

Various reports and editorials lately have mused at the backlash against over-oaked wines, particularly Chardonnay. While I had no doubt

Spectator Ratings On Your Mobile Phone

Thanks to a tip from Professor Bainbridge, Vinography has just learned that you can get all of Wine Spectators wine

What’s In A Name? How About 20% in Sales Growth

As much as I dislike it (and even try and fight it here at Vinography) we human beings are creatures

Jancis Robinson on Women and Wine

I stumbled across this interview with Jancis Robinson recently which is actually quite bad, because it dwells for the entire

Does Success Change A Wine?: Rosenblum is About To Find Out

Get out your microscopes and train them on the petri dish of the East Bay to see how a family

Today’s Value Wine Pick: 125,000 Bottles for $100

In what has got to be one of the steals of the century, Ken Jacques of San Luis Obispo just

Thoughts On The Occasion of Turning One

One year ago yesterday I embarked on a project to catalog my wine and food adventures in an informative way.

Is There a Genetically Modified Wine in Your Future?

This week at a symposium in Napa, various stakeholders came together to discuss the future/possibility/fallacy of genetically modified wine grapes.

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