Jun 5, 2006
If you are so-inclined you can catch me on the radio today at 1pm PST. I’ll be sitting behind the microphone with Richard (KAZ) Kasmier on WineBiz 2.4 on the mighty KSVY 91.3 Sonoma. Co-host Eric Aho is taking the day off and I’m filling in. WineBiz 2.4 is a weekly show tha features wine news from around the world and commentary in a loose, fun format. However, clearly their standards are not what they should be given that they…
Jun 5, 2006
For those of you in the San Francisco Bay Area (you know who you are) there is a very interesting tasting coming up next weekend. The Marin County Pinot Noir producers will be pouring their wines as a benefit for the Marin Agricultural Land Trust and as a way to speak the word about this region just south of Sonoma County that is beginning to churn out a decent supply of lovely Pinot Noir. MARIN COUNTY PINOT NOIR TASTING Friday…
Jun 5, 2006
My economics professor in college lectured the class that near all pricing could be explained by one simple rule: Supply and demand. On its face this is a pretty simple rule. Count up the supply. Measure the demand and voila. We all knew and so did he that it’s a tad simpler than that. Another thing he taught us was to be careful to accurately identify what the object or item under consideration is. That brings us to this last…
May 30, 2006
I suspect we’ll be seeing more of this in the wine writing world in the weeks to come. Scott Tracy is the sommelier at La Toque in Napa Valley and very well known for his expertise. He also maintains a blog and has written about his experience at the recent re-enactment of the Paris Tasting. It turns out that Scott poured and worked the tasting. Scott’s a pretty astute guy and mentions something that I never thought of when writing…
May 25, 2006
What is "a taste" of wine? This is the issue that the Director of the Alcohol Beverage Control office of the State of California is clearing up. In a memo from the Directors office to it’s division and branch offices, the Director has made clear that "Since the Legislature has determined that a 1 ounce serving is sufficient and reasonable to acquaint a consumer with the qualities and characteristics of wine in an on-sale environment, it is reasonable to conclude…