Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards Exposed as a Total Farce
My colleague Jim Gordon who currently edits Wines & Vines magazine just pointed me to an article on their web
Sonoma Wine Country Weekend: Aug 29-31, 2008
Most people, when they come visit me in San Francisco and ask to be taken to wine country, assume that
When is The Right Time to Establish Wine Appellations?
The birth of a wine region is a fascinating thing to watch, and I’m sure an even more fascinating process
My ISP Owes You an Apology
For the last 18 or so hours, and for some people it may still be so, Vinography has been deader
2003 Meyer Family Cellars “Bonny’s Vineyard” Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville
Heritage plays out in many ways in the Napa Valley. There are only a few remaining families that have been
Napa Valley Wine Library Tasting: August 24th, St. Helena
Serious wine lovers in the San Francisco Bay area get several opportunities each year to indulge their passions for wine.
Wine Competitions are One Big Racket
If I ever wanted to make a lot of money in the wine industry, I know just what I’d do.
When Wine Isn’t Enough of a Cash Crop, Grow Marijuana
Who knows where this stuff comes from? Or why the first place I find out about it is some newspaper
The Best Pinot Noir in California?: Tasting at Pinot Days 2008
The Pinot Days event, which took place on the last weekend in June this year, brings together one of the
Hear That? It’s the Sound of a Billion Wine Corks Pulled in China.
It’s no surprise that with the Olympics going on, all manner of news media have turned their eye on China.
Vinography Images: Fog in the Distance
Fog in the Distance “The vineyard landscape is often as much about the sky as it is the rows of
Manresa Restaurant and Vinography Present: The Sake Dinner, September 10th, 2008
Those of you who have been hanging around these parts for some time know that on occasion I get together
Italy Gets it Right. Scotland Gets it Very, Very Wrong.
There are those of you who believe that one of my favorite things to do here on Vinography consists of
Book Review: The Geography of Wine by Brian J. Sommers
Review by Tim Patterson. This is a very useful, though not very exciting book. No rhapsodies about mind-bending encounters with
The Shakespeare of Terroir
“Oh my God,” Terry Theise says, walking over to me, the only guy in the room with a laptop, with
Family Winemakers Tasting: August 24th, San Francisco
Size isn’t everything, they say, but sometimes it’s mighty impressive. The yearly Family Winemakers tasting in San Francisco has as
2005 Hughes-Wellman Cabernet Sauvignon, St. Helena, Napa Valley
Good wine is rarely made by accident. So much can go wrong in the winemaking process that to get something
Just When You Thought France Was Making Progress
No matter how bad you think you have it, there are other folks who have it worse than you. We
How Simple Should Wine Get?
As an advocate for wine, I try to help people enjoy wine more (or for the first time) in whatever
