Alice on November 19, 2007 04:27 PM What if Wine Spectator chose their wine of the year the way Time Magazine chooses their "Man of the Year?" November 18, 2007 I ground the coffee, boiled the water and poured into the French Press. slipped a polar fleece vest over my ice blue, silk, loungey thing. Clos des Papes Chateauneuf de Pape. thought. MORE >>

thorough profile in Inc magazine last summer indicated that, in close succession, he became a dad and had health problems that led to what they call a “do over.&# Randall Grahm is one of America’s most fascinating winemakers and winery owners. Puns and cute labels helped make the wines fun and approachable. Absolutely. MORE >>

Neal showed me his root cellar, where he grabbed a bunch of his potatoes for our lunch. The thing is, I'd rather read online than read the boring repetitive useless stuff that the critics write in those magazines, you know the ones, they come out every three months or so. haven't figured out how to sell them yet ( he shrugs ). BG: Yup. MORE >>

ve got no money or no space in the cellar or whatever, I’m just going to miss it.”. remember I told someone who was doing a trend alert for TIME magazine and we were on the phone, and I was riffing, and said “Champagne is the last place in the wine world where you can watch the proletariat taking back the means of production.” Great. MORE >>

With all the discussion about alcohol levels in wine, I’m pleased that the results of an extensive story I did for Wine & Spirits magazine is now online. The Foreign Office has decided to dump the claret in the 39,500-bottle cellar and fund future wine purchases from it. The cellar is valued at about £800,000 ($1.3 MORE >>