Category: Rant
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 ...
Stealing Wine, Food and Money
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Perhaps. But when someone is making money by stealing our wine reviews, pairings, recipes and photographs of food and wine, we have to take issue with it. We addressed this topic at ...
