Archive for the ‘Culture and Wine’ Category
Of late I’ve been working with another wine PR specialist to help a client bring to market a really interestng wine info product. In the course of brainstorming with them yesterday we came to a very interesting conclusion about wine that at first set me back: There is no recognized American Wine Celebrity. No Bob Villa of Wine. No Martha Stewart of Wine. No Emeril Lagasse of Wine. Could there be an American Wine Celebrity that is both authoritative, entertaining…
"The collection consisted of more than 600 bottles from every vintage of the 18th century from the six Grand Cru castles of the French Bordeaux region. The collection has been registered by Guinness Book of Records for years as a unique wine collection." This is the description of a wine cellar in Sweden that was cleaned out completely by thieves two nights ago. "Every vintage of the 18th century" from the six grand cru Bordeaux Estates." Could this haul every…
The FERMENTATION family took a jaunt about western Sonoma County yesterday; a nice Sunday afternoon drive into the hinterland of Sonoma County. Beyond the beauty of the vast pasture land, it was the evidence of this county’s bounty that really put the smile on my face. Sitting now in my kitchen is a 40 lb box of freshly picked gravenstien apples. these are not the pristine apples of supermarket lore. They have tiny flaws here and there, a nubbin, a…
Magic and Mystery. Nothing is a greater enemy to magic and mystery than Technology. It’s no coincidence that authority of the churches has declined in fairly direct proportion to the development of new technology that delivered new insight into the natural world. Technology is the killer of innocence. I can not escape this conclusion as I read that scientists in Australia are working on the creation of a "Cybernose", a technology using insights from the natural world that will allow…
It’s easy to sit in our cozy wine country enclave, watch the news of potential terror attacks emanating out of Great Britain and think, well, we are safe in our little world. However, today’s events could significantly impact the wine industry here in Northern California as well as across the nation. The Federal government has issued new guidelines for passengers that now make it impossible to carry liquid on to a airplane. There is no word on how long this…
