Jul 12, 2007
My take on it is that over the past two years there has been a building buzz in wine circles about whether or not the high alcohol, big, juicy, soft wines have run their course. I’m hearing more and more people take the "run its course" position. Even more have fessed up to really tiring of this style of wine that’s been building for the past decade and a half. I can’t help but wonder if this rising concern will…
Jul 11, 2007
TAKE "THE MEANING OF WINE BLOGS" SURVEY NOW!________________________________________________________________________ It appears that the European Union is on track to institute a variety of winemaking and wine marketing reforms, assuming the top winemaking countries don’t find a way to shoot them down. What I find fascinating is the rationale for the opposition to the reforms. Among the reforms: -The EU will remove 500,000 acres of the "least viable" vines. This is roughly the amount of all of the vines planted in California…
Jul 10, 2007
TAKE "THE MEANING OF WINE BLOGS" SURVEY–CLICK HERE ———————————————————————————————————————————— One of the question on the survey I’m currently running (TAKE IT NOW) asks you to think about how many blogs you read regularly. Even when writing up the survey I hadn’t thought about this in a long time. So, I went to my trusty Bloglines page to count them up: 70, exactly. Fifty-five of these are wine blogs. I check these blogs, all 70, daily. It’s a testament to the…
Jul 4, 2007
A new study shows that at some time in their lives "30.3 percent of adults have abused alcohol or suffered from alcoholism at some point in their lives." That’s all? Just 3 in 10 have abused alcohol? I find that hard to believe. But wait, what does "abuse" mean? According to those who wrote up the study over at the "National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism", the term "abuse" is defined as "those whose excessive drinking leads to personal…
Jul 3, 2007
Ten Things That Make America A Great Wine Country 1. Zinfandel2. Kermit Lynch3. Appellation America4. Thomas Jefferson5. Wineries in every state6. The Internet7. America’s Laissez Faire Palate8. American Technology9. Anderson Valley10. The 21st Amendement