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By all accounts of the participants I’ve talked to or read, Antonia Allegra’s "Symposium for Professional Wine Writers" is a great success. The 3rd Annual SPWW happens February 20-23, 2007 again at Meadowood in Napa Valley. And for those of you who writer or read wine blogs, something very cool has occurred: Alder Yarrow of Vinography.com is one of the featured speakers. Let me put this in context for you. Alder will appear as a featured speaker alongside the likes…
Today Wark Communications will help Saintsbury carry out the kind of even that I am most fond of: A tutored tasting of wines gong back 20 years conducted and hosted by the owners of Saintsbury and their winemaker. I personally like these events because they appeal to the geek in me, they give me time to really consider the way wines age and the pace is always appropriate. The attendees will be mainly wine writers and members of the wine…
HERE is a really good promotion that the folk over at Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines are putting together to honor the Beaulieu Georges de Latour Private Reserve, a wine that is truly an historic CA wine. They want anyone with a good story about this wine to write in and share it with them. The best stories will show up on their website and the very best will end up in an advertising campaign. In the first place there…
Finding yourself in the presence of greatness can be a near overwelming experience. I’m not talking about walking into an elevator and finding yourself hip to hip to Tom Cruise. I’m talking about experiencing the kind of transcendent greatness that is almost only delivered by those rare artists that build steps for others that no one knew previously could support the kind of achievement these artists deliver. I saw the 81 year old Oscar Peterson perform last night to a…
Why did you buy that wine? Why did you pay more for this wine? These are questions that wine markers want answers to. The answers hit on your expectations, experiences and comfort level with wine. And I’m curious about those thing and how they relate to the fine readers of FERMENTATION. So…It’s survey Time Again.TAKE THE FERMENTATION WINE PURCHASING DECISIONS SURVEY. Your responses are 100% confidential. I don’t know who you are and no one else will know who you…
