Archive for the ‘Culture and Wine’ Category
It has gone unsaid for a long, long time in the the pages of America’s wine magazines…But not any more it seems. What’s gone unsaid? The connection between wine, seduction and sex. Wine Adventure Magazine will be exploring this topic in a new regular column to be entitled "The Sensual Side" authored by Baroness Sheri de Borchgrave. According to the press release: "Baroness Sheri de Borchgrave is author of A Dangerous Liaison, which chronicles her brief but eventful marriage to…
If you’ve ever doubted that wine is, or can be, art then consider these results from Acker Merrall’s latest wine auction: 6 magnums 1971 Romanee Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti $136,275.00 12 bottles 1962 Romanee Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti $118,500.00 12 bottles 1961 Chateau Latour a Pomerol Pomerol $118,500.00 6 magnums 1978 Romanee Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti $112,575.00 12 bottles 1971 Romanee Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti $106,650.00 6 magnums 1961 Chateau Latour a…
It’s the ultimate tasting-among-winemakers "No No". And I committed it. Actually I’ve committed this particular sin on a number of occasions. It’s just that I’ve become accustomed to the evil looks and dismissive head-shaking, so I keep doing it…Because it’s fun. Winemakers are protective, very protective, of not just their own concoctions, but of their colleagues’ wines too. I think it’s akin to being a Motherhood thing. The wines are their spawn. They’ve worked hard to bring them into the…
"… women who account for the majority of wine purchases in most price segments, enjoy wine in small, intimate gatherings and choose it for reasons that speak to enhancing an experience." This comes from a set of Top Level Findings of a study on consumer habits commissioned by the California Wine Institute, the state’s largest association of wineries. There were a number of other findings described, but this idea of how women relate to wine I found most interesting. In…
It came to me as I was wading about in the hot tub this weekend enjoying a bit of muscle therapy after digging ditches in my back yard. This relaxed state of affairs I brought on through jets and 103 degree water was indeed therapy for a tired body and mind. It brought me back. It altered my state of mind that had been muddled by mud and shoveling. I was in a better mood after no more than a…
