Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
I only have inconsequential anecdotal evidence for the idea that as dedicated wine lovers age, they tend to gravitate to wines that are less obvious, more nuanced, more delicate and less enthusiastic in their size. If my anecdotal evidence for this idea is accurate, and if I am correct about the aging wine lover, perhaps its is a case of experience overcoming the power of sensory manipulation. Why my mind tends to drift to the issue of wine upon experiencing…
Bar none, the most important skill to possess if you want to advance your career in the wine industry is communicating well. And within this large category called "communications", I think is fair to say that speaking well in public is the most important communication skill that you must possess in order to advance a wine industry career. I was reminded of this and provoked to consider my own past when I saw that Lynda Spillane will be leading a…
Tomorrow the United States Supreme Court will hand down the anxiously anticipated ruling on the Federal Affordable Healthcare law. And if, as many expect, the decision comes on a 5-4 vote of the justices down party lines, I greatly fear the consequences. Wine lovers possess a simply way of understanding the consequences of this kind of outcome I and they should fear. More than simply dismantling a law that is already in partial effect or upholding a controversial piece of…
This wine blog is old. That is, in terms of the history of wine blogging, it is old. It sits on a "Typepad" platform, without its own, proprietary domain name. Its appearance is dictated largely by what an unaccomplished coder can do with the Typepad platform. It is somewhat difficult to read. It's not the best looking blog in the world…by any measure. Its capability to serve up information is limited. That's going to change here in the near future….
What is wine for? As I continue to grow older, I find that the questions that occupy my intellect tend to grow more basic. The questions that occur to me and capture my interest tend to be substantially broader than the kind of trivialities that were stationed in my more youthful mind. I only broach the question above here because lately I've been questioning (or at least trying to understand) how I could have possibly produced more than 2,450 posts…
