Archive for the ‘Culture and Wine’ Category
The relationship between wine, this blog and penis enlargement seems to be growing. (And I suspect the previous sentence will only increase the size and frequency of comments on this blog about the “devices that gain 1-3 inches in your penis size”.) Now, as everyone knows, size doesn’t matter, whether we are talking about penises or wine. This is a fact despite all the growth in concern over penis size expressed on a number of blogs and the tendency over…
I've always enjoyed playing games, partly because of my competitive nature but also because a good, well-designed game can reveal a lot about the players. And I like revelation. The first game (not sport) that I was really good at was "Quarters". For some reason I was coordinated in such a way that I could bounce that quarter into a glass of liquid repeatedly. I was scary-good! In college I was the ringer that would be placed in quarters games…
The three-tier system of having a “distributor” in between the producer of wine and the wine retailer was put into place after prohibition to prevent the abuses associated with “tied houses” prior to prohibition. Unfortunately this system has merely served to duplicate the corruption that it was created to fix. Prior to prohibition, suppliers wielded so much power they could control retailers by threatening not to supply them. Retailers became “tied” to particular alcohol producers. The “tied” retailers were forced…
I understand federalism, that political philosophy in which power is divided between a national and state governments. It's the concept that helps keep local communities in control of what are usually deemed local matters. I support it too. It should be noted, however, that it is federalism that allows purely religious concepts and ideas to become embedded in local policy making and law. In Georgia there is a bill moving through the legislature that would allow local communities to vote…
I think there is a connection between the degradation in the quality of classic candy and the rise of simply, flabby low priced wines. First, let's admit that wines in the lower price categories that are made for American consumption do tend to be flabby, sweet, simply wines with little character. They are, in my opinion, delivery vehicles for alcohol disguised as sweet fruitiness that is slippery on the tongue. The California Central Valley and Australia has been pumping out…
