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The Thanksgiving wine conundrum …
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
Chatting up the best and worst of cheap wines
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
Posted in Argentina, Cheap Wine, Chile, Too Much Alcohol!, Washington Post, Wine, Wine Humor
Tagged Wine
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Vintage perspective from Hugh Johnson
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
The End of Wine Blah Blahgs
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
Posted in Humor, Rants, Weblogs, Wine, Wine Humor, writers
Tagged April Fools, Wine, Wine Humor
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Regional Wine Becomes Mainstream – Mission Accomplished?
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
Posted in Colorado, DrinkLocalWine.com, Local Wine, Sparkling Wine, Virginia, Wine, Wine Humor
Tagged Local Wine, Virginia, Wine
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Winemakers do a number on Wine Spectator
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
Posted in California, Film, France, Humor, Wine, Wine Humor, writers
Tagged Boisset, Buena Vista Winery, Dan Berger, French Wine, Mondovino, Robert Mondavi
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Worth Reading: And well, listening and viewing too
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
Posted in California, DrinkLocalWine.com, Local Wine, Uncategorized, Virginia, Weblogs, Wine, Wine Humor
Tagged Local Wine, Wine
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April Tom Foolery Roundup
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
Worth Reading This Week: Hissy fits, DLW in Denver, and more hissy fits
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
Posted in California, DrinkLocalWine.com, Local Wine, Wine, Wine Humor, writers
Tagged Wine, Wine Humor
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