This wine is liquid nectar! Peaches, apricots, honey. You know the famous Meg Ryan scene in “When Harry Met Sally?” You just thought she was acting. My guess is they gave her a glass of something like this right before they shot that scene.
Continue readingMonth: October 2009
Get in the Pink for October!
What does an NFL Wide Receiver, an 80s pop-icon and wine have in common with fancy crystal stemware? All are working to boost awareness of the disease that will take the lives of over 40,000 women in 2009 alone.
Continue readingFoodbuzz Blog Awards – We were nominated in 2 categories!
We are very honored to be nominated for Food Buzz Blog Awards in two categories: Best Wine Blog and Blogger You’d Most Want to be your personal Sommelier. Voting continues through October 29, 2009. Please take time to vote!
Continue readingIt’s Old vs. New Guard at First Houston Wine Conference
Gary Vaynerchuk talked about “The Changing Face of Wine,” during which he piped, “For all the wholesalers out there … [expletive] you; there’s a reason I left Russia.” Which was pretty darned funny considering he followed a guy who works for one of the biggest distributor/wholesaler cartels in the United States. Directed at the 3-tier system, Gary V. refers to draconian post-Prohibition state laws that bar consumers from buying wine sold by out-of-state retailers.
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