May 9, 2008
I’m going to buy this wine…because I just think it’s terribly cool that a winery would honor one of the greatest jazz vocalists in the history of the genre. (Have you ever heard Ella sing "mack the knife"?!!?) However, I’m probably not going to drink this Domaine Carneros Sparkling Wine while listening to any jazz, including Ella. Here’s why. I’ve long believed that even given the range and the diversity of the Jazz genre, the absolutely most appropriate drink to…
Apr 29, 2008
Having reconciled myself to the idea that there is no such thing as an objective criteria for quality in any category of wine, I began deliberating on what I think we all must do to bring reason to our palate and preferences; to put our preferential house in order, so to speak. What I began looking for were other artistic (yes, artistic) creations that might serve as a model for my personal beliefs about wine quality. What I was looking…
Apr 21, 2008
Depending on your spiritual and moral disposition, there may not be anything too wrong with beating a dead horse. This post might reveal my spiritual and moral disposition. I wonder if the critical establishment surrounding wine is too unforgiving. I wonder if the predilection among the reviewing class is that it tends to oversubscribe to the notion that a wine can be too wrong, rather that right enough for those who will put up with its character. Oddly I was…
Apr 10, 2008
Two sets of unsolicited wine samples showed up at my door yesterday. (Thank you, both!) They will get drunk, but they won’t get reviewed here at FERMENTATION. I was looking back over some earlier posts of mine and one in which I offer some resolutions for a coming year noted my desire to find someone competent to review wines at Fermentation. I think when I wrote that I must have been thinking that this lack of wine reviews at Fermentation…
Apr 8, 2008
Am I a Twit? God knows I’ve had this shingle hung around my neck by a few dismissive folks over the years. But I’ve never willingly adopted the moniker. Until Now. TOM’S NEW TWITTER FEED. Yes, I joined twitter. I’m not quite committed to the TwitterRevolution as I’m not sure how it will increase my productivity as a blogger or quality as a blogger or the readership of my blog. Nor am I sure how it will increase the quality…