May 14, 2007
It’s only a about a month away from the start of summer and that can only mean one thing: it’s time we start seeing zinfandel recommended to go with barbecued foods. How Zin became associated with barbecue I don’t know. But it is. This is both a blessing and a curse as far as I can tell. One the one hand, lots of people love barbecue and need a wine to go with the various styles of grilling, slow cooking…
Apr 17, 2007
What about those folks who, for whatever reason, find themselves consuming great wine day after day and night after night for an extended period of time. What happens to the folks who become accustomed to a lavish style of drinking over a period where every Pinot is perfect, the Cabernet is aways complex and dense, the Chardonnay continually crisp and detailed and the Rioja always revelatory rather than their wine being average or merely interesting? What happens to these folks…
Apr 2, 2007
I’ll be a guest today on best wine-related radio program in Sonoma Valley: WINE BIZ 2.4 Where: KSVY 91.3Who: Hosts Richard (KAZ) Kasmier & Eric AhoTime: 1pm PSTListen: HERE This is always a fun, loose show covering all sorts of things wine-related. Today I’ll be talking a bit about the American Wine Blog Awards. Tune in if you can. Better yet, Call In!!
Mar 30, 2007
I don’t usually take time to use this blog to say nice things about myself or the blog itself or to highlight what others have said about me or this blog. Modesty is a virtue, said the PR Guy. In fact, I’ve always said, if my name shows up in the media it’s because I’m not doing the job I should for my clients because it’s their names and their efforts that are supposed to be of interest to commentators…
Mar 26, 2007
One of the requirements of my particular job is to consume media…lots of it, hourly, seven days a week. The requirement is dictated by the necessity I feel to have a grip on the general cultural and social atmosphere Wark Communication’s clients are working within. There is an ever-changing context of ideas and trends that affects the way most people perceive ideas, products and activities. I feel like a good PR dude needs to have a grasp on this context…