Category: Rant
Wine Reviews are Bullshit!
Penn and Teller have a series on Showtime called Bullshit where they expose things that they consider to be, well...bullshit. They choose a topic each week, such as Martial Arts, Life Coaches, the U.S. Criminal Justice System, or Abstinence, and ...
7 Things You Might Not Know…
My favorite beer wench, in fact, The Beer Wench, tagged me in her latest post, "7 Things You Might Not Know About The Wench." Although you might not know all seven of the "things" she lists, I actually knew quite ...
Romance, Hearts & Wine: Advice for Men on Valentine’s Day
We women love romance, I don't care what protestations we might make. So when someone asks, what is your first romantic memory involving wine, I can point to it most unequivocally, and tell you that it happened when the only ...
Last week Wine Intelligence, the self-proclaimed "leading research-led strategy consultancy serving the global wine industry," released the following: Consumers wary of blogger recommendations, according to research Independent bloggers are one of the least trusted wine information sources in the UK, ...
Marita’s Vineyard: Because I’m Worth It!
Tom Davis taught advanced reporting in my journalism program at Marshall University. He also threw great holiday parties. Prior to his teaching gig, he worked at a number of newspapers including the Detroit Free Press. It was pretty clear he taught ...
Another Wine Blog is delighted to reveal the results of our 2010 Annual AWB Self-Serving Wino Survey. But first, a few words about our methodology. After all, a survey of any kind is only as good as the methodology employed ...
You Never Know Who Might be Listening
It's amazing what people will say out loud when they don't know anyone is listening. Recently, at a local wine event, I thought I was back in junior high. Or watching a remake of Mean Girls. Don't Plot a Takeover One of ...
Three Reasons to Divorce Your Wine Guy
People love to ask about our favorite local wine merchant. Truth be told, we don't have one. In fact most of our wine is shipped to us. So it's safe to say our favorite wine usually comes via FedEx. Occasionally though, ...
Food for Thought: Recipe for Success
When I worked the election one year, my assignment was to sit in my kids' intermediate school cafeteria and watch for monkey business. Given we live in Texas, I wasn't surprised to see a little voter intimidation, suppression and some ...
Falwell, Flynt and K Vintners’ Charles Smith
Fresh from a late night viewing of "The People v. Larry Flynt," I noticed a Google alert, "Winemaker Sues Anonymous Commenters on Wine Blog." A few clicks later I find out that Charles Smith of K Vintners filed a complaint ...
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