Jul 25, 2005
We like to think, perhaps too often, of wine being an "art". It could be fairly said that this comparison is often overused. However, what you don’t hear all that often, but which strikes me even more as having true qualities of art, is the vineyard.I was up early today running errands. On my way to Santa Rosa in Sonoma County I drove past Matanzas Creek Winery in Bennett Valley, a sub-appellation of Sonoma Valley (and really a world apart)….
Jul 20, 2005
Thanks to an alert Mike Duffy over at the Winery Website Report Blog, I do believe I’ve laid my eyes on one of the most offensive wine-related websites: BumWine. Yes, "Bum Wine". The Authors of the website explain their mission this way: "Call them bum wines, street wines, fortified wines, wino wines, or twist-cap wines. Whatever you call these beverages for the economical drunkard, this page explores the top five. So curl up on a heating duct and enjoy…" Very…
Jul 13, 2005
It’s time to admit, on the occasion of the eve of Bastille Day, my favorite vice: PASTIS. I can safely say, after great amounts of experience, that after a fine dry rose, Pastis taken on the rocks is the greatest beverage ever invented by man or Gaul. For those sorry souls not familiar with this Drink of Provence, it is a licorice flavored spirit produced with star anise and a number of herbs. One usually mixes it with water. It…
Jul 13, 2005
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Jul 9, 2005
It’s not just wine. I looked in my overflow kitchen cabinet the other day searching for hammer one uses to pound meat. I didn’t find it. But I did find approximately 20 wine glass, each with a little logo etched into the glass. How and why I collected these glasses I’m not sure. For the most part they are small, ugly little things I"d not set on the table for a guest. But they did remind me of the various…