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Wine & Food Erotica from Charlottesville, Virginia
Eric Asmiov, who writes for the New York Times “Diner’s Journal Blog”, told bloggers in his keynote speech at the Wine Bloggers Conference in Charlottesville, Virginia, that he learned to think about wine in terms of drinking it, as opposed to tasting it. Simply tasting it, says Asimov, misses the point in forming a connection with wine, to those of us who are passionate about it.
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Is PR Giving You a Bad Name?
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East Bound & Down, in Charlottesville for WBC11
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The Urban Sonoma Experience
The Association of African American Vintners’ wine tasting took place in a beautiful courtyard with vine laden trellises and a waterfall wall — an added bonus to the beautiful weather that was great for walking around outside sipping on red and white wines (anywhere else but Houston).The Texas Wineauxs could not wait to experience the first taste of wines seldom heard of outside of the state of California. The exception being Mac McDonald’s Vision Cellars whose Pinot Noir won Top Red Wine at the 2011 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo International Wine Competition.
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Wine Writing is Broken? Viva Wine Blogging!
Lately, I rarely have time to keep up with wine industry news much less to read other blogs. So it takes something especially clever or infuriating to get my attention. Last week I encountered both.
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A Nightmare on Wino Street
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Hanging in the Balance with The Lady Chablis
It’s funny how the mind can go from point A to point B to point C in what appears to be perfectly logical succession. How an interview about democracy, corporate power and media leads to murder, a movie and wine.
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Robert Parker is NOT responsible for Kenny G!
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Wine Reviews are Bullshit!
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Romance, Hearts & Wine: Advice for Men on Valentine’s Day