Check out this SF Chron article on some recent goings on in Sta. (!) The wines of Tyler winery get a thumbs up from me for the brilliance of the name alone–but also for what’s inside the bottle. Rita Hills.) The 2010 Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir exhibits a toothsome quality with red fruit and good acidity. Tyler winery.

But details will emerge as the legal proceedings continue; also, two articles in major, non-wine magazines are in the works. Rudy Kurniawan, aka “Dr. Conti” aka “Mr. 47,” was indicted on four counts of counterfeiting, mail fraud and wire fraud in federal court yesterday. in March. The case is U.S. wine collecting

So here’s something more useful: five veggie burger recipes via the Times, where the article was as high as number two on the most emailed article list over the weekend. Okay, we just did an “impossible” challenge but it reeked of pipi and April foolery. Unless you think they are… impossible ?!? food and wine

” Such is the headline of a New York magazine article about young foodies. If millennials are driving wine consumption as survey data show , then I can’t wait for the NY mag article profiling a budding wino, posting pics of Jura labels to Instagram. Or, rather, one young foodie, the 27-year-old Dine Chang. American wine

Fortune.com republished a lengthy archive article from 1934 over the weekend. Bloomberg article suggests the increased interest in wine is, in part, spurring America’s thirst for craft beer. SIPPED: circa 1933. SIPPED: LOLz. “Jay McInerney writes for the 1%–that is, the 1% who are happy he replaced John and Dottie.”

In my Decanter article , I explain the decision behind its revivival. You probably know that in Maraux, six varietals are allowed: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Franc. yet in the past, Carmenere was and is still allowed. The problem until now is that it was difficult to ripen fully.

An article on Slate details that policy held back the hops: banned after Prohibition, it wasn’t until President Carter signed legislation in 1979 that allowed households to brew up to 200 gallons a year. One of the most exciting drink stories in America is the craft beer revolution and its related rise in home brewing.

I'll try to share some notes and experiences, but maybe before you read on, take a look at this lovely article by Eric Asimov from this week's Dining section - he writes about Gentaz and offers more context for the wines. The other night I did something that I have never done before, and most likely will never do again. Wow, what a night.

guess I liked it because I still think too many people don’t trust their own pallets, instead preferring to rely on “experts”  Hogwash I say…check out this cool article about how much the experts really know… EXPERTS FAIL CHAMPAGNE TASTE TEST [.]. wine tasting

spent a half day in Picpoul with some other educators , and also wrote an article about it for Palate Press. Today was the first day of the Languedoc Roussillon Study & Certificate Program offered by the French Wine Society with support from Sud de France. very successful first day. I will try. Loup (21.50). The stones in Pic St.

Here is an article about Pommard from Burgundy Report. Seven friends and I pool our money every year to buy about 8 bottles of Burgundy wine, wine that we wouldn't buy individually because of the high cost and the risk of bad bottles. Every year at around this time we get together over dinner and share the wines. And there's always next year.

From the article there seem to be several key issues: 1. Panos Kakaviatos, who I see almost everywhere in the world, wrote a great news analysis for Meiningers Wine Business International about the new Chinese Palate. Competitions feature more non-French wines. High taxes on wine mean that young buyers seek wine in the 2 - 4 Euro range.

Also, I am looking for contributors to post articles. I guess saying that 2011 was not as eventful as 2010 would be understating it a little. Although one must still put up with some of the aches and pains of old age there was nothing very serious to deal with other than a slight weight issue. should be back on track after the holiday season.

At any rate, I found Jefford's article to be quite gripping and correctly reflects the situation of small producers trying to make a go of it in today's score oriented world. Jefford asks a brilliant question: are scores actually necessary to get into today's market? Is it right? Of course not and I support Jefford's argument to the letter.

Today I received this article from onlinecolleges.net on Facts You Never Knew About Tailgating which is pretty interesting. While recuperating from another ulcer problem, I've been doing very little on the blog and less on the wine tasting. Looks like I'll be back in a few days. Recommendations are welcome!!! So who really started tailgating?

Click here to read my article on Palatepress.com. Curious about what wine to bring for Thanksgiving dinner? The most important consideration is to find a good "food wine" -- especially wines that will pair well with thanksgiving foods like turkey and sweet potatoes that also have that elusive quality of "balance.". Very mineral rich!"

Beaujolais from 2009 and 2010 get thumbs up in a thoughtful LA Times article. SIPPED: Bordeaux brands. How big is your brand extension? Cheval Blanc, one of the wines in the LVMH stable, will include a Paris luxury hotel of the same name. Decanter.com ]. Oh my cot! Actually, Cahors only grows two-thirds of French malbec per ONIVINS. SFGate ].

Moreover, I require full disclosure of such hospitality they receive in the articles that emanate from these trips. How do wineries prepare for a visiting critic? In Murcia, a region in the southwest of Spain, the answer this month is: they charge. ” Jay Miller reviews Spanish wines for Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate.

Anyway, Alice Feiring’s recent article about amphora wines of Pax and his eggs. When I bumped into Pax Mahle earlier this year at his Sonoma wine making facility, I told him I wanted to see his eggs. Pax used to make full-throttle wines, syrahs and pinots mostly, that scored big Parker points. Just to see the eggs. American wine

Queried about their decision to use their term, Director of Winemaking Victor Gallegos pointed me to this Wine Spectator article in which James Laube called Sea Smoke “an important part of Santa Barbara’s wine scene and one of its ‘grand cru’ properties.” The term is pure marketing. ” American wine

DLW also commissions articles about some of the biggest trends in regional wine. Sunday October 9th kicked off the fourth annual Regional Wine Week, an event started in 2008 by Jeff Siegel ( The Wine Curmudgeon ) and Dave McIntyre ( Dave McIntyre's WineLine ) and hosted by DrinkLocalWine.com. This one was a 2008 for Sheldrake Point Winery.

The article doesn’t say which type of closure they used but if it was a crown cap, as is common for bottle fermentations, doesn’t that have an oxygen transmission pretty close to zero anyway? Into the abyss. But it’s actually where an Italian sparkling wine maker is storing wine. But anyway, it’s a fun story.

So a new mother is quoted in a New York magazine article on cooking placenta. “When I was pregnant, I just craved organs…so the placenta just made sense.”. No, not polenta–placenta. I’ve never delivered a placenta personally, so maybe that’s why I find it a little difficult to, erm, swallow. “ food and wine

The articles are under copyright, yet here is a passage I can share: Rajeev Vaidya is one of Manhattan’s more popular. Rajeev Vaidya. Very excited to read in the latest issue of Wine Spectator that Daniel Boulud, one of my favorite NY chefs, is on the cover of the September 2011 issue representing French Chefs in America. manner.

One they may not have included in the article was the Magdala rosé. As a fan of the box wine format , though not always the wine inside, I was pleased to see Eric Asimov and the NYT wine panel recommend some box wines. Their clear favorites were the Wineberry Cotes de Rhone red and the Eztezargues , boxes that I have also recommended.

link to a nice article , although outdated, about Ibérico ham. While taking a long walk the other day after work, I stopped in at a wine store where I used to shop, but never really go anymore. very much like the woman who buys the wine there. Most sales are of the $10 variety, I would guess. And so she went to Spain, to Galicia and to Rioja.

I posted this article a few hours ago and been told by Pam & Shirley that I have my dates confused about last year and that I am beginning to show my age, after all the memory does go first. was quietly informed that it was last year Shirley and I attend the Festival in the rain and not '09. Shirley and I will be there on Sunday the 14th.

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.

Quoting the wikipedia article: One of (Akira) Kuninaka's most important discoveries was the synergistic effect between ribonucleotides and glutamate. Wine can have a savory taste, I've experienced it countless times. It is not specific to a grape variety, I find, more to certain places and techniques of wine making. Many Champagnes too.

Thirteen.org has a new magazine called MetroFocus , which has an article on NY wines. BOOSTED: …awareness! Young Austrian winemakers have posed scantily clad for a calendar to boost…awareness! Of Austrian wine. Which one is Miss Gru Vee again? Appearing later this year: a calendar of old hag winemakers from the mountains. NYT ].

This producer and this particular wine was recently lauded by Eric Asimov in an article about the wines of the Aube. Here are some notes on great wines that I was lucky to drink in July, mostly because of the generosity of friends: Equipo Navazos La Bota de Fino Nº 24 , $60, Eric Solomon Selections/Imported by European Cellars.

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.

3) The NYT had a much-discussed, front-page article on a member of Congress who is close to an industry in his district. In honor or “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me&# bringing their weekly news quiz to the NYT , we offer a news roundup this week in quiz format. a) Luxury resorts. b) Walnut trees. c) Premium grape growing. b) Picasso.

Decanter magazine ran an article in which Ian Ford, managing partner of Shanghai-based Summergate, one of the three biggest mainland-based importers, said Chinese consumers will ‘move away from image-hunting and begin to buy much more on knowledge.’ ( You can read the article here ). But what about the 'little guy?". to 95.9m cases.

wrote other articles pairing Sauternes (and Barsac) with Indian food, and also recorded my experience with Pierrre. So what fun to attend the special VinExpo "Master Class" on pairing Sauternes with Chinese food. with winemaker Pierre Montegut. Well, to be honest, there was not too much "slave labor" involved. thankfully.

Maybe it was sir Asimov's article , but who knows. A couple years ago I enjoyed a special meal at Convivio, the now-closed restaurant in Tudor City. The inimitable Levi Dalton was of course the chef somelier. The master sushi chef knows far better than I about which fish are the freshest and tastiest, and how best to serve them. Fiano!

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.

Valley was awarded the ‚2010 Wine Region of the Year by Wine Enthusiast Magazine (you can see an article I wrote for them here on pairing red wine - Rhone style wine! Very excited to be here in Paso Robles for 19th Annual Hospice du Rhone! This year, the Rho?ne with fish ). Will I see you here in Paso Robles? teau de Nages, Costie?res 00 p.m.

I am stealing this article from Tom Wark. Tom is the author of one of my favorite wine blogs. Fermentation, The Daily Wine Blog This is where I go to find information on what is happening in or the current trend in the wine industry. He is also an advocate for the defeat of H.R. HR 1161 isn't merely special interest legislation.

could try to describe the estate for you, but I would just be sourcing Joe Salamone's excellent article on the Crush website. I was lucky to attend a dinner recently at which Levi Dalton poured a large selection of Jean-François Ganevat's wines. Domaine Ganevat is in the Jura, in a town called Rotalier. And indeed it was.

To read more of my articles about Chateau Brane-Cantenac, click here. Curious to consider that in the two thousand year history of the wine world, Classified Growth Bordeaux still retains its magic, value, and allure. In light of En Primeur, I'll be spotlighting some favorite chateaux and their history. Why this dedication?

If you’re looking to try one at home, here’s an article Blake wrote about daiginjo a few years ago or try to head to a specialty shop, such as Sakaya on the East Village (some wine shops now have small, refrigerated sake sections). My wife and I were in Tokyo on September 11, 2001, preparing to come home the next day.

He wrote an article that appeared in the San Fransisco Chronicle a few years back, and like everything he writes, it's worth reading. Some odds and ends to wrap up my recent trip to Champagne: First of all, I was wrong when I said that Peter Liem hasn't yet written about single-vineyard wines in Champagne. And speaking of Peter.he

In his article, Mike encouraged Chilean producers to pick up a bottle of it in his article, and, even though I’m not a producer, I did so, buying a bottle at Grapes the Wine Company in White Plains, NY ( about $26). In a recent column on Slate.com , Mike Steinberger threw most Chilean carmenere under the oak bus. wine picks

According to the article, the five largest auction houses by wine gross are: Acker worldwide, Sotheby’s worldwide, Christie’s worldwide, Zachys worldwide, and Hart Davis Hart Chicago. SIPPED: boom times. Wine auctions brought in a total of $408 million, nearly doubling the 2009 take according to Peter Meltzer. Bottoms up!

When I say 'going pro,' I am not suggesting taking classes on wine or becoming a sommelier or even a connoisseur, but how I develop and write articles and how I use paid advertising on the blog. enjoy writing articles and reviews from the perceptive of an amateur and that's how it will always be. Still have to put together that list.

Today alone, Eric Asimov of the NY Times published an article reviewing his tasting panel's thoughts on sparkling wines not from Champagne, and also a blog post listing some of his favorite Champagnes. It's the time of year for lists of Champagne's greatest hits. Well, I want to add my.02 cents. Bright fruit, a graceful style. Blended Wine.

Between shopping, the job, my now required exercise regiment and 70+ inches of snow, time to research and post articles has been limited. I have been going over some notes I have taken about some of the wines I tried over the past month, figuring I may get time before Christmas to post my review. It has been a very busy month.

In this Pinot Gris/Grigio without tears article, I intend to save you the angst of trying to taste your way through and analyze all the different styles. “I’ve never had a wine that could be altered in so many ways!&# said a bewildered friend after blind tasting three different versions of the Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio grape.

–articles extolling the gustatory and health virtues of sauerkraut (sauerkraut!). The other, much longer article profiled Sandor Katz and his wild fermentations that transform, among other things, cabbage into kraut, rich in vitamins and isothiocyanates. But does it taste any good? What do you say? Help the fermentation foodies.

Indeed, this 1997 article from Slate (wait, State was around in 1997?), “Lloyd Webber to auction wine collection to affluent Asians,&# read the headline on Reuters. posted about it over on the Dr. Vino Facebook wall. Henshaw writes “I remember thinking that this was a novel way for a celebrity to monetize his fame. auctions

took extra pleasure in this wine, by the way, because I had just read Peter Liem's November ChampagneGuide.net article entitled Bouzy & Ambonnay: The Great Grand Crus of the Southern Montagne, in which he discussed the similarities and differences among the wines from those villages. Money isn't everything when it comes to Champagne.

Clive Coats MW wrote an interesting article about Hospices in the November 2010 issue of Decanter. Hospices de Beaune is a very exciting event that takes place in Beaune every third weekend of November. Originally, the Hospices was a hospital in the Hotel Dieu, a structure that exists today in the center of town. Look for more reports!

Get on over there and read the rest of the article on your own. This week's World of Fine Wine blog post is by Peter Liem, and you are cheating yourself if you don't take 10 minutes to read it and think about it. Here is a snippet from the post: Generally speaking, we don't deal well with the issue of variability in wine.

On Saturday, I drove with David along the North Fork, to research an upcoming article on the sparkling wines of Long Island for Edible East End. What follows is a few photographs from the excursion. Pictured above is Eric Fry, the winemaker at Lenz. Disgorging bottles at Lenz. In the cellar. Gilles Martin, the winemaker [.].

don't post articles on wines I don't favor so I will just say that I will get back to Long Island in the spring. Last year during regional wine week, I was able to taste (and consume a bit) some of my favorite wines from the nearby Finger Lakes. This year, although I planned for more, did not turn out as well as I would have liked.

It depends on whom you ask, according to an article in the NYT last week. Spaghetti tacos, abomination or stroke of genius? But for those who are “less than 5 feet tall and live with your mother,&# the ital-mex dish derived from the TV show iCarly appears to be popular. Which wine pairs with this…or is it impossible ?!?

But I found another use for it: this article on natural wine by Mike Steinberger on Slate.com. I’ve wanted to sell the above line to Wines of Chile for some time. It really advances the discussion.

This article was posted on linkedin by Mark Norman. Mark is the Director of Marketing and Business Development for the Wine Society (a web site devoted to helping buyers and sellers of vintage wines). The latest version of Bill HR 5034 is causing a real debate. What no one has mentioned is Wine Clubs. Do the math! We need both systems.

David Lillie, one of the owners of Chambers Street Wines , one of the finest wine stores on the planet, writes a full length article called "The Flavor of Stone" about the wines and producers of Muscadet. I just got the new Art of Eating , issue number 85. writes about one of his favorite Fianos, the Pietraculpa Fiano di Avellino.

Breakfast at Coulis - there is no website, but here is a quick article about the place. I was in New Orleans recently and I had the opportunity to try out some of your recommendations from a while back. Very impressive in general, the eating and drinking in the Crescent City, but you already know that. No, I am not kidding.

The issue is entirely dedicated to “the buzz around alcohol&# and has articles by David Schildknecht, Jamie Goode, Fiona Morrison and others. How often is the alcohol level stated on the label consistent with what is actually in the bottle? For wines under 14%, the wine can fluctuate by 1.5 since that gave the maximum flexibility.

And in print articles and interviews related to the book, I’ve read shaggy dog stories about how Meyer’s service-obsessed waiters jumped cabs to airports to return a forgotten purse to a diner, or scrambled to retrieve a chilling bottle of signature champagne from a patron’s refrigerator when he (isn’t it almost always a ‘he?’)

Now, if any of you actually made it through this article, please comment and let me know about the new look of the blog. Yesterday I received the news I have been dreading for the past month. My Cardiologist says I can return to work before Labor Day (Sept 6). did begin to dwell on everything that I have accomplished since the surgery.

While doing so, I have eliminated all links to blogs that have not posted an article in 12 months or more. When it became apparent that I would be out of work for at least three months, I thought it would give me time to look into and completely update the blog. Maybe today, it starts. also added descriptions to each link. Joe (joeshico

My articles are usually warehoused in the articles section, but I though this one on Leafroll Virus in the vineyards of California was worth taking up space here. New story in the San Francisco Chronicle Leafroll: A quiet threat in the vineyard. Next post up, by the way, The Great Laureano Serres. a It's not imagined. Helena. Worried?

Take this hint from the PR arm of a champagne entity who read an article in the Boston Globe that a 200 year old ship was found with a cache of perfectly delicious champagne. No matter what the business I always suggested that media-hungry entrepreneurs begin their day by reading the news. Are you a PR rep for a wine company?

The WSJ recently published an article titled: Luxury Wine Market Reels from Downturn which Dr. Vino brought to the attention of his wine community. baron. You can see the entire thread on his blog -- and the comments are quite interesting. What are your thoughts about social media?

Thank you Corked Wine Blog for article. The second annual Finger Lakes Riesling Festival will take place on August 14-15 along Lakeshore Drive and Kershaw Park in Canandaigua, NY. This year, you will be able to sample wines from more than 14 local producers. A Classic Car Show on Sunday, August 15. Awards will be given for best in show.

An article detailing the day’s events appeared in the NYT. When Fabian Cancellara crossed the line first in the short prologue of the Tour de France, his bike was impounded and put through an X-ray machine. So were 13 others. Apparently authorities are suspicious of tiny motors assisting riders in the Tour. None were found. Okay, then!

Wine Business Monthly chose to highlight the sub-title of the article, which I found somewhat misleading, " Consumers Who Trade D own Satisfied with Quality, Likely to Continue to Buy Less Expensive Alcohol Beverages." Nielson reported yesterday that " Despite Improving Economy, Alcohol Beverage Consumers Cautiously Indulge."

Maybe even getting a few articles ahead to post on the blog. Tomorrow I must return to work after a pleasant but hard two week vacation. really don't know where to rank this time off or how to compare it to others. like to use my vacation time to wind down, relax, and enjoy doing what I want or like to do. This one was a bit different.

The article noted the alcohol levels from the label of each wine alongside the newspaper’s ratings, comments and prices. Last week’s New York Times reviewed some wines from Savennières, the Loire appellation that makes often-stunning, always dry versions of chenin blanc. Would you like to see more reviewers noting alcohol levels?

Other Burgundy articles. Day 2 of Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne 2010. to see Day 1, please click here). People who are new to Burgundy are often amazed at the high price, especially when it comes to the red wines of the Cote de Nuits. View from hotel. It was a gorgeous day and I was in the mood to taste some delicious wine.

After this article I will post once more on a NY Riesling and may list all those I have had. With May and New York Riesling month coming to close soon, it is safe to say that I tasted more Riesling this month than any one year in my life. The hard part was deciding which ones I would post on the blog. Why, I'm not sure. Truly enjoyable.

Moscarello, a tsunami of articles about Lopez de Heredia in Rioja (I’ll add that the crowds are always deep at their annual distributor tasting in NYC), and a “greater demand for authenticity–for wines that are made by people who actually get their hands dirty in the vineyard.&# Conterno, and G. What do you think?

This past weeks edition of the Syracuse New Times, a weekly alternative newspaper published in Syracuse, New York, contained an interesting article on Finger Lakes Riesling. Gary noted four wineries, one of which I vaguely remember from an article written by Evan Dawson for the New York Cork Report. Sipping later was delightful.

For example, I ordered a Brazilian seafood soup (pictured below) and the wines paired excellently because of the heat from the spice and body of the sauce (you can read my article on red wine with fish on the Wine Enthusiast site here). from McLaren Vale to showcase verticals of their Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz.

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.

In an article entitled “Once Upon a Time (1899, 1929, 1949, 1959, 2009),&# he lavished praise on the vintage, particularly the cabernet blends of the left bank, and on many wines individually: 21 wines received scores of potentially 100 points. Robert Parker posted his reviews of Bordeaux 2009 yesterday on his subscription web site.

It's been a while since I posted a Wine Facts article, so to catch up a little while I am taking a little hiatus from wine tasting, here is my latest: A mathematical equation, derived from the number of days under 50 or over 90 degrees, gives a winemaker a zone number. Today, I came across the following on Eve Bushman's blog Eve's Wine 101.

find that as more civilian writers are inducted into professional wine writing, these sketchy articles are more prevalent. It's pretty easy to dismiss natural wines as a hot-pants kind of trend if you forget that it's been a growing movement over three decades that finally went viral. But it is a little irresponsible to be dismissive.

And if she drank wine, which she does not, she would most likely drink the nice safe wines, one's McIntyre seems to prefer by this article. I received so many private emails about this Dave McIntyre's Washington Post story that I felt it was time to call out the my inner Wine Cop and make some arrests. My cousin lives a safe life.

You can read related articles about Brane-Cantenac here and read about the Baron de Brane Bordeaux I had at Jean-George here. Henri Lurton. just returned from Bordeaux where I had attended En Primeur, a week long tasting for international fine wine journalists to taste the new 2009 vintage. It has been an easy vintage. We learn every vintage!

suppose, knowing that, John Livingstone-Learmonth the British author of one of the terrific The Wines of the Northern Rhone and of the Drink Rhone website send me his latest article --entitled Les Vina Naturels. Last October. Ten-Bells. Post the Dressner tasting. Corey? Anyway, the point? Alll roads lead back to Dard & Ribo.

But before turning to the tweets, this past weekend saw the first summary article , in the WSJ. Over the past month, critics and wine trade buyers have been on the ground in Bordeaux, tasting the 2009 vintage before they go on pre-sale (as “futures&# ) in the coming months. So how did things pan out in the glass? Overall. Lafite 100.

Hundreds of D'Vari's features and articles are here on this web site, AWineStory.com. Published Articles. Marisa's articles have been published in. Please read more about Marisa's unique history as the producer/host of a Celebrity Chef TV show, her rare wine credentials, and more here. London's Financial Times. Robb Report.

I am sometimes asked about where my articles appear in addition to my online wine magazine, [link]. was Tastes critic for a while and if you click on the Tastes section [link] most articles are mine. My articles also appear in The Juice (the national newsletter for Local Wine Events). Below is the latest breakdown of stats.

I've been thinking about this lately because my wine buying budget has been cut in the past year, but also because Eric Asimov has written about this several times, most recently pointing to Mike Steinbergers' article in Slate that discussed inexpensive wines he recently drank with mixed results. think it it is possible, yes. or $13.50

As I stated in my previous two articles, Carmenere is one of the wines I've pushed aside in the past, but have placed on a list to re-examine in 2010. This is the third of the Carmenere wines I tasted this month. The first two left me with mixed feelings about the wine. did enjoy this with some Muenster and Dubliner cheese. It'll be fun!!!

It was as simplistic and wrong-headed as this article. Over on HuffPo , there’s a piece up about the Red Bicyclette/faux pinot saga. Jacqueline Friedrich , author of the guide The Wines of France , posted this comment as a reply. It is not an appellation. They are more hortatory than they are useful. We all start somewhere. Spare me.

The article alludes to a “curious time warp&# with winery tasting room practices and pricing. “We have to upgrade everything! Get me Facebook and Twitter!&# So says renowned Napa winemaker, Mike Grigich, age 87, in a story in today’s NYT dining section. Unfortunately, deals are in scarce supply from wineries directly.

Michael Bauer, the food and wine editor and restaurant critic for the SF Chronicle, will be attending as well (I wrote an article on tipping on wine for him). Every February I have been attending the symposium for professional wine writers in the Napa Valley. I'll try to post on the exciting wines I'm experiencing while I'm there!

The other day I was reading an excellent article in the current issue of The World of Fine Wine , an article that makes the case for Beaujolais as a "fine wine," the same way we think about Burgundy or Barolo, for example. It is a well considered and thoughtful article. Like The Art of Eating , this is a must-have.

very excited and honored to be part of New York Wine Bloggers a site offering articles by other New York based wine bloggers I know put together by Tony Karrer, Phd. Wine Friends. Very clever idea. visitors can see what all the New York wine bloggers are writing about in seconds, and visit individual blogs with a click of a link!

According to the same article, the company, founded in 2003, had raised $6.1 News of a bounced check from Vinfolio , the fine wine retailer and auctioneer, appeared yesterday morning on eBob. few weeks ago, we found ourselves in need of additional capital on a very near-term basis. The San Francisco-based company had just raised $4.5

Parker publicly dismissed her assertion, saying she had “no clue as to whether I spend a dollar or a million dollars on wines to be tasted.&# ) In the related article , Marvin Shanken admitted that the Wine Spectator, which has many more subscribers and much higher revenues than the Wine Advocate, was dependent on free samples.

This article was originally written for Gourmetkoshercooking.com…ENJOY! Winter/Soup wines. It has been a cold winter of late in the Northeast and given the option I’d like to spend every evening curled up in front of the fireplace with a steaming hot bowl of rich hearty soup.  Give me an “everything soup” – start with the [.].

will post articles about only wines I like and why I like them. As I write this article, I am finishing another Finger Lakes Syrah from Glenora Wine Cellars and as their label states at the bottom " Beautiful wine" How far I was going to go with Why Wine Blog and what direction was still undetermined until that day.

This article was republished at Forbes.com. You just brought home a mixed case of wine from the store. Already, things are looking good. But what if you could scan each bottle as you unpack it and have the information appear in a database for managing your inventory? Or just for keeping all your tasting notes handy and organized? The verdict?