Wines of the Week: Jan. 9-15
Everyday: I’m one of those people who likes rosé enough to drink it year-round. If more of the pink stuff was as... Read More
Easy as a pie chart (or bar chart, or …)
OK, two of the coolest fonts of information to cross my digital transom of late were easy-to understand (my favorite kind) charts.... Read More
Chez Syrah/Shiraz
Minnesota is blessed with a lot of syrah weather, so it’s not a challenge to find fun people who like that grape... Read More
Wines of the Week: Jan. 2-8
Everyday: Seeing the word “Montsant” on a wine label is almost always a harbinger of good things inside, as most everything that... Read More
A great read: Terry Theise, ‘Reading Between the Wines’
I’ve written about Terry Theise before, and I will write about him again. What I really wish is that I could write... Read More
A great read: George Taber, ‘Judgment in Paris’
The California wine industry owes a lot to George M. Taber. His semi-reluctant decision to attend an obscure U.S. vs. France wine... Read More
Jordan rules: Best memory of ’11
When circumstances force me to take a bite out of a shit sandwich (blessedly, only figuratively), my rote response is “yeah, but... Read More