Category: Rant
Fish for Lent?
They starved me for weeks, they thought they'd teach me fear I fed on cellmates' dreams, it gave me fine ideas When they cut me loose, the time had served me well I made allies in heaven, I made comrades in hell I was ...
Are Wine Reviews Compromised?
Every six months or so, a heated debate ensues: are wine writers and bloggers who cozy up to the wine industry to be trusted to write about wine. We have covered this in a number of posts (see Wine ...
Not Just Another Wine Sample
One of the perks of writing about wine, is that we tend to get a number of samples for review. Of course with that goes the whole BS disclosure business that the Federal Trade Commission imposed upon bloggers, but not ...
Guilty; As Charged. Should I Blame Parker?
I love movies and I hate movie reviews. I've always scoffed at people who rush out to see the latest "thumbs up" or avoid the "thumbs down" flick. Perhaps that came from growing up in a small town whose newspaper had ...
Baptism by Grape
The Gospel According to Iris (Editor's Note): We've told you all about our friend Iris, founder of the Urban Wineauxs. If you recall, when Joe was attending classes with the International Sommelier Guild. I had heard him talk about ...
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