I had wanted to post something on this topic last Thursday since it is generally agreed that the Last Supper occurred on the Thursday prior to Christ's Crucifixion and Resurrection. But with my relationship to Christianity being merely one of curiosity and respect, rather than intimate, and given other more pressing things being on my mind, I forgot. So it arrives today. I merely want to note and remind us that where wine is concerned, its most famous literary reference…
It's always interesting to follow those folks who you worked with in your past to see where they ended up and what they pursued. But it's a pleasure to see them go on to do wonderful things. The problem is that it's not always easy to track old colleagues and old friends. This, of course, is why Facebook is such a wonderful tool and why you so often see written on the Walls of Facebook users something like, "I can't…
I think I've said before (I know I have) that there is no such thing as an objective definition of quality where wine is concerned. But the basis for this opinion has been diagrammed and explained in lovely fashion by none other than David Brooks in his most recent editorial in the NY Times in which he explores the evolution in thinking around Moral Thinking and Moral Philosophy. Brooks explains that moral judgments amount to "rapid intuitive decisions and involve…
I've used the word "authenticity" on too many occasions and in too many talks about blogging and social media, and in the content of this very blog to even count my use of the word at this point. Furthermore, many others use the term when speaking to the same issues I speak to here and there: what disposition is necessary to successfully market wine in the world of websites, blogs, social networks and email. And yet, I'm spurred to wonder…
It's important for me to note that I endorse THIS in no way. THIS only minimizes the serious nature of wine and wine drinking. In fact, THIS purports to be humor, but in reality THIS is just another blow to the industry when the industry needs nothing like THIS. Is THIS really what people want to read? Only a few years ago THIS sort of thing would never fly. THIS would have been condemned. THIS really is harmful to a…
