Category: Wine News
Stop The State Fair Madness
We interrupt your normal levelheaded Vinography programming with the following outraged rant. Listen up wine industry folks, this whole state
Open a Bottle, Get a Date
File this under, “what won’t they think of next?” The world of wine marketing has taken some pretty strange twists
Whenever You Can, Blame The Consultants
It’s hard to blame people for acting like people, but our tendencies as a species sometimes blow me away. Find
New Frontiers of The Online Wine World
Something very interesting is going on in New Jersey. You have to be a bit of a wine geek mixed
Drinking Buddies – A New Twist
Mostly, I try to keep this blog focused on good wine, and good writing about wine, knowing that there are
Bring Out Your Dead….Wines
People say the darndest things. I think we’re all given to pronouncements once in a while. There’s something very self
The Future of Wine Marketing?
I first reported on the strange phenomenon of wine related manga comics in Japan about a year ago, but it
The Vines of Robinson Crusoe
As a young kid my imagination was swept away by tales of pirates and castaways in the South Pacific. In
Bordeaux En Primeur Season Begins
Spring is in the air, and Spring has been associated with Bordeaux for a long time in the wine world.
Grand Jury Cru
If this isn’t a good reminder of how we get too wrapped up in labels and designations, I don’t know
Technology = Better Bordeaux?
I should tell you, I briefly considered scrapping this post, as I’m sure it’s going to bring out the doomsayers
What is the World Coming To?
How do we know that we’ve finally reached the point where we should just get rid of our government and
Leftover Wine? Use It to Grow Your Own Clothes
Many of you ask, “how can you come up with something to blog about every day for three years?” I
Waiter, I’d Like a Glass of Merlot and a Magnet
Even when modern science and technology have proven its futility, alchemy still lives in the human heart. The perennial search
Coming to France’s Rescue
I love French wine. I really do. I love lots of other wines, too, but the wines of France hold
The Great Winery Boom of 2006
In case you haven’t noticed, dear reader, there are a lot of Big Wine Headlines that never make their way
The Science of Sparkle
It still comes as quite a surprise to me just how much high-tech investigation goes on about the bubbles in
The New White Rioja: Progress or Perdition?
As of 2007, the white wines of Rioja will never be the same. For some, this means “there goes the
