Oct 16, 2006
This will make wine come out your nose!
There’s funny, and then there is FUNNY. Click on the picture below to see FUNNY!! Hat tip to the guys at The Cork Dorks, where REAL wine education for Television is in production.
Archive for the ‘Culture and Wine’ Category
Oct 16, 2006
“Drink your wine with a merry heart”
The subtitle of this blog is: "a blog set inside the world of wine public relations—where the media, culture and I mingle." Today I want to focus on "culture", specifically the American culture and the way by which it has helped frame the debate over alcohol. Consider this statement: "The drinking of alcohol is not a sin. The abuse of alcohol is a sin. And once you start drinking it, it is hard not to abuse it." Here is a…
Oct 10, 2006
Let’s Ban Driving on Sundays
I love reading the results of controlled studies, surveys and polls. I believe they mean something…when interpreted in just the right way. Take for example This New Study, in the American Journal of Public Health and Reported upon by the New York Times. It demonstrates that after making it legal to purchase alcohol on Sundays in New Mexico (yes, it had been illegal to do so…sigh……) fatal traffic accidents related to alcohol use increased on that day. Here’s my probing…
Oct 9, 2006
Aging Wine In the Far Future
I’ve always been more of a fan of Star Trek Next Generation than the first series. Jean Luc Picard just struck me as someone I’d much prefer to hang out with. Also, the gadgets in Next Gen were much better than in the original–The Holodeck alone is the kind of place I’m sure I’d become addicted to. So, it was interesting to learn that in the course of auctioning off a variety of Start Trek memorabilia, Christie’s found someone to…
Oct 9, 2006
The Sounds of Wine Country
My neck of the woods is generally a fairly quiet little place. Glen Ellen in Sonoma Valley is off of Highway 29, the major road tht runs down the center of Sonoma Valley. Despite the tourism that is year round, Glen Ellen tends to be a locals’ dominate village. That changes one weekend per year. This last weekend to be specific. 5000 folks descended upon Glen Ellen, more specifically to BR Cohn Winery to hear the annual concert that Bruce…