Category: Wine News
Cornas Is Saved For Wine Lovers Everywhere
I can’t think of a better Christmas gift. OK, maybe world peace would be a better one, but I’m thrilled
Tasting Our Way towards Terroir
If you want to get into an argument with a die hard wine lover, just bring up terroir — the
Don’t Throw Out All That St. Emilion!
I know it’s too late for some of you. You’ve already thrown out all that St. Emilion wine that used
Money Alone Will Not Save European Wine
The European wine industry, especially the French wine industry, needs a serious shot in the arm. It has needed one
Caribineri di Vino. AKA: Sommelier Cops.
Sometimes I really do just feel like everything in Europe is better. Of course, I know that this is just
What Wines Do Americans Drink?
I’m completely fascinated whenever I learn more about what the “average” American drinks when it comes to wine. The Restaurant
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
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
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
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
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
New Frontiers of The Online Wine World
Something very interesting is going on in New Jersey. You have to be a bit of a wine geek mixed
Drinking Buddies – A New Twist
Mostly, I try to keep this blog focused on good wine, and good writing about wine, knowing that there are
Bring Out Your Dead….Wines
People say the darndest things. I think we’re all given to pronouncements once in a while. There’s something very self
The Future of Wine Marketing?
I first reported on the strange phenomenon of wine related manga comics in Japan about a year ago, but it
