Monthly Archives: February 2008

February 5, 2008

Wine is for Wimps

Real men don't drink wine and eat cheese, they drink terrible beer. Not just terrible beer, but LIGHT terrible beer. Gotta watch the figure for the ladies. It's the manly thing to do. So is staying in the kitchen and ...

February 4, 2008

Google Wine Maps

As this excellent article on the Willamette Valley demonstrates, Google has allowed for some amazing uses of its technology by independent developers. The information on the Willamette Valley is well worth the read, but the really stunning part of the article ...

February 3, 2008

Portuguese Strippers

This is a very interesting look at corks. Last summer, two “strippers” from Portugal walked into the parking lot at Napa Valley College, wielding axes seemingly forged in medieval times. They chopped deftly at the trunks of cork oak trees, expertly ...

February 2, 2008

Wine Barrels

I would guess that most people never think much about the barrels that their wine is aged in. This article on barrel-making is very interesting. From the article: Barrel-making is labor intensive. Demptos can make up to 148 barrels per day in ...