Oct 6, 2006
Buy this book. And be happy to pay full price. "What to Drink with What You Eat" by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page is the most comprehensive, illuminating and useful book of its type I’ve yet to come across. What it is? We are talking about a guide for food and wine matching, very simply. But that’s the key: very simply. There are two essential parts to this book. The first is an alphabetical listing of foods from Aioli to…
Oct 5, 2006
I am absolutely fascinated by the campaign surrounding the ballot measure in Massachusetts that would expand wine sales into grocery stores. Currently you can only buy wine at "package stores" in the state. Without hearing any of the rhetoric from either side in the campaign you would b confronted with this question: "Should Grocery Stores Be allowed to sell Wine"? …..(the sound of silence)…..I know….Me too!…I’m not sure I even "get" the question or why it needs to be asked….
Oct 4, 2006
There’s a new wine sheriff in town and his name is Blair Campbell. Blair is the newish wine writer for the East Bay Express. I’m not sure how I missed what can only be labeled a most audacious rant in which he takes to task those phonies who read the Wine Spectator or make any time for wines that cost more than $10. It’s pretty impressive. To be fair, this original article of Campbell’s, "Ashamed of That Cheap Wine You’re…
Oct 2, 2006
Ever hear the term "Guns don’t kill, people kill"? It has been the long term meme of the gun rights folk who point out that guns are not inherently dangerous unless they are in the hands of dangerous people. Being one who tends to favor a bit of gun control legislation here and there I tend to scoff at what seems like trite political slogan. Then I see stories like THIS ONE and realize that the slogan might only seem…
Sep 28, 2006
From the looks of the various studies that have emerged over the past couple of decades you might conclude that drinking wine is the cure for all ills. Now I’m thinking that drinking might also be the cure for stagnant wages. A new study conducted by the Reason Foundation in Los Angeles has concluded that Drinkers make between 10% and 14% for income than non-drinkers. Furthermore, social drinkers (defined as those who go to a bar at least once per…