Category: Ramblings and Rants
Home Chef vs. Restaurant Chef: Dispelling The Illusions
Like many of you who read this blog, I love to putter around in the kitchen. While I have no
Wine Spectator’s Global Values: A Few Observations
So I finally got around to perusing the latest issue of Wine Spectator that recently landed on my doorstep. This
Crush. It’s That Time of Year
Those involved in the winemaking part of the wine world will be disappearing from social circles these days. Friends will
Corked Off: A Follow Up To a Lively Debate
One of the posts that has generated the most comment here was my posting of an article by Ben Giliberti
As If You Needed an Excuse to Drink More Wine…
We’ve already been through most of the reasons why, really, you SHOULD have that sixth glass of red wine over
Should Restaurants “Pay” You For Their Bad Wine?
The waiter pops the cork. He looks like he knows what he’s doing. The cork is set in front of
Architecture and Wine: Both Too Expensive
I’m a huge fan of modern architecture, even at its most extravagant, perhaps best embodied by the warped sheet metal
How a Winery Operates
H. Johnson again points us to an interesting article about how a winery actually works from a cash to product
Poor Bastards Have to Work Hard to Make That $100 Bottle of Wine
Ever thought to yourself, “How can someone justify a price of $100 for a bottle of wine?” Well it turns
Heard of IMBB? Well look out for WWWBW!
Those who are even occasional readers of the quadrant of the blogosphere that touches on all things food will have
And I Thought I Had Heard of Everything
In what has got to be the best follow up of all time to my somewhat tongue in cheek posting
Are You Canadian? Do you Like Wine? Do You Want A Job?
OK. This is nearly the last straw. I may have to move to Canada. I mean where else do hard
Civilized Terrorism: Blow Up Their Wine Cellars
Further proof of the cultural sophistication of the French compared to the USA, as evidenced by Corsican terrorists who instead
What is The Opposite of Two Buck Chuck?
We all know there are revolutions happening at the bottom end of the pricing spectrum for wine. Charles Shaw has
The Cutting Edge of the Vine
Winemakers and winegrowers aren’t the first group you would choose as the most likely to be employing cutting edge technology
More on Biodynamic Wine: The Complete List of Certified Biodynamic Producers
The Chronicle this week had a very poorly written and unhelpful article about the first large official tasting of wines
Scary Airline Meals
From Right This Way, the Fodors blog: If you’re in need of a good fright, take a gander at the
Makers of Organic and Biodynamic Wine
A good friend of mine is heavily into organic food and drink and is constantly talking to me about it.
The Truly Frightful Gourmet
Boing Boing today has a post about an LA Times story on the staggering eating habits and predelictions of North