Thompson’s district includes Napa and he is also a grape grower; the article made this seem like a conflict of interest. The article did remind me of the Congressional Wine Caucus, an informal, bipartisan group of over 200 members of Congress–&# the anti-Tea Party&# as @sippingsister put it–that Thompson heads. MORE >>

A great piece of wine writing has just become accessible: oddly, with the closing of Gourmet magazine, Gourmet.com has made the classic article “ Shattered Myths &# available for free. The now-available article is an oldie but a goodie and well worth the read if you haven’t already seen it. source blog Dr. Vino. MORE >>

Very interesting article by Paul Franson in the Napa 'valley Register about wineries creating more 'second wines' to sell to people who can no longer afford to pay very high prices for icon wines. The grapes are culled from less desirable vineyard blocks, or less expensive barrels (or oak chips) may be used to keep the prices down. MORE >>

Read the article in its entirety here. With tasting assistants, Kelleigh and Jennifer, I visited the North and South Forks to taste my way through the rosé wines of Long Island, for Edible East End. MORE >>

First, don't even try to post an article with out a glass of wine on hand. Speaking of the blogosphere, I was also following a few articles about "Should Wine Writers Be Certified?" So here's my answer to the Wine Snob , I mean whoever came up with the original article. Another week gone by with out the taste of wine. MORE >>