Wines of the Week: Feb. 22-28
Everyday: One of the cool things about the wine world is that you don’t have to know how to pronounce a grape,... Read More
McInerney’s novel approach to wine
For the second time in three years, novelist/wine columnist Jay McInereny gave a keynote talk at the Professional Wine Writers Symposium, and... Read More
Hugh Johnson: Wine wisdom of, and for, the ages
Highlights from a Wine Writers Symposium keynote talk by the prolific and fantabulous writer Hugh Johnson: • His career started earning “12 pounds... Read More
Wines of the Week: Feb. 1-7
Weeknight: One of the cool things that has resulted from the never-ending malbec bandwagon trek is that some consumers (not enough, but... Read More
Gleanings: 2-1-16
Observations and revelations from the wine world: • Had a really fun dinner last week with some fellow pinot-files, tasting blindly. Interestingly, many... Read More
Linkin’ logs: 1-26-16
The weird, wacky world of wine on the Web: • “Bwaahh the French”: Outtakes of Orson Welles trying to do a Paul Masson ad... Read More
Gleanings: 1-4-16
The anecdotal hits, they keep on coming: • I should know better than to do this, but I went to the Wine... Read More