Author Archives: Joe Power
Classic Horror Movie Wine Pairings – My Top 13 List
I see a lot of seriously stupid articles and posts all of the time pairing wine with things that it either doesn't go with, or that it just doesn't have any connection to. These articles pair holiday chocolate with wine, ...
Old Man Yells at Cloud. Again.
And the public gets what the public wants But I want nothing this society's got I'm going underground - Going Underground, The Jam With those words, Paul Weller perfectly encapsulated so much. It was a worldview that once guided my generation, tiny as it ...
Drunkenstiltskin and the Very Tiny Princess
Once upon a time, in the Land of Wine, There lived a gaggle of old Kings They just ruled, you know what I mean? Other than one little thing, their kingdom was fine You see, for all the kings, they had no real queens. In ...
Wine Tasting, How Not To Do It
I don't particularly care for large tastings. I've been trained to do it, and have enough experience to be qualified to do it competently. But I don't like doing it all that much. The same goes for tasting and evaluating ...
Only You Can Prevent Vegetable Abuse
Vegetables often get a very bad name. Sometimes it is deserved, but more often than not it's your fault. Yes, your fault! Mine too. Here's one half of the problem; people like me make fun of vegetables, and probably even more ...
WBC 2014 and the Wine Blog Awards – Part 1
Before we begin... Later in this post I mention that some of my fellow bloggers might be too genteel to express themselves the way that I tend to do. If I had to pick one person that I know to apply that ...
A Languedoc Top Ten List
Okay, so it's really two Top Five lists about Languedoc put together. Quit being so anal, it adds up! It is truly a shame that Languedoc is not more well-known, so first up... Top 5 reasons you may not know Languedoc: 1. Too ...
How to Pair Wine and Chocolate
Tis the season to answer Hallmark's clarion call and spend our hard-earned money on their crap. Like lovesick little rats following a corporate piper we pay premium prices for already dead flowers, bad cattle call dinners, jewelry, and of course, ...
Navel Gazing With The Wino: Year End Magic and Loss Edition
I've written before about Lester Bangs. He's a hero of mine. Forget that he was a rock critic. Hell, forget that he was a critic. He was a writer. A great one. He did work as a critic, however, so those ...
OMG! I Love Texas Wine!
Messing With Texas One Texas Wine, at least. After all of the years that we have lived in Texas, and all of the years of tasting and writing about wine we finally found a really good bottle of local juice. There ...
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