Category Archives: Wine Humor

The Thanksgiving wine conundrum …

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Dave McIntyre

Every November, wine columnists warn us about the difficulty of pairing wine with the traditional turkey & trimmings we feast on at Thanksgiving. It’s all silly, and most writers hate the theme. I know I do. I’m not looking forward … Continue reading →

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Chatting up the best and worst of cheap wines

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Dave McIntyre

I had fun yesterday taking a long lunch break from my day job to participate in the weekly online chat for The Washington Post’s Food section. My feature published that day on rating the best-selling U.S. wine brands inspired a … Continue reading →

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Vintage perspective from Hugh Johnson

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Dave McIntyre

One of my favorite books to pick up whenever I have a few free moments (seldom) or need inspiration for my wine writing (often) is Hugh Johnson on Wine: Good Bits from 55 Years of Scribbling, published last year by Mitchell Beazley. … Continue reading →

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The End of Wine Blah Blahgs

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Dave McIntyre

April 1 – DATELINE: ONLINE – The wine blahgosphere fell eerily silent today when William Zinsser emerged from the heavens and told wine blahggers that the world isn’t all about them and they can only write about wine from now … Continue reading →

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Regional Wine Becomes Mainstream – Mission Accomplished?

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Dave McIntyre

It’s been three months since I’ve posted here. That’s a factor of fatigue, I don’t mind acknowledging. I’ve still been writing my weekly wine columns for The Washington Post, of course, and will link to those here in future in … Continue reading →

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Winemakers do a number on Wine Spectator

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Dave McIntyre

Call Central Casting and request a flamboyent French winemaker who epitomizes joie de vivre and bonhomie, and they’d probably send you Jean-Charles Boisset. Boisset is the scion of a famous Burgundy family who in recent years has embarked on a … Continue reading →

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Worth Reading: And well, listening and viewing too

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Dave McIntyre

The Best of the Rest in wine this week: The countdown is on to DrinkLocalWine.com 2012 in Denver next Saturday, so The Wine Curmudgeon and I do a prospective look at the conference and a retrospective glance at how the … Continue reading →

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April Tom Foolery Roundup

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Dave McIntyre

OK, so there were some pretty good wine-related April Fool’s jokes on the Internet this Sunday. Jeff Siegel linked to his favorite April Fool’s post, about California seceding from the United States as a wine nation. Then he followed up … Continue reading →

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Worth Reading This Week: Hissy fits, DLW in Denver, and more hissy fits

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Dave McIntyre

Some thoughtful keyboard tappings for oenophiles: Tom Wark, never one to mince words, continues his latest criticism of “natural wine” adherents as being the only sector of the wine industry that promotes themselves by being negative about everyone else. Wark … Continue reading →

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Worth Reading This Week: Yes, Wine Enthusiast, there IS a Virginia!

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Dave McIntyre

Here’s what’s up this week in wine: Wine Enthusiast has discovered that Virginia is for Wine Lovers. The magazine has anointed the Old Dominion as one of the 10 best wine regions in the world to visit. Quite a coup, … Continue reading →

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