Dec 20, 2006
As I sat, sipped coffee and read my newspapers this morning I was still feeling the ill effects of last night’s foray into consumerist hell: The Mall. Let me be very precise about my feelings concerning enclosed malls: I hate them! I hate them even more at Christmas time. They are Hell. The other things I hate are needles in my eye, hot coffee spilt on my lap, the sound of a child in pain, Sophia Coppola’s tragic demolition of…
Dec 13, 2006
I love sparkling wine. If it weren’t intoxicating, I’d keep a mug of it on my desk while I worked. Folks are beginning to think about their annual foray into the world of sparkling wine as New Year’s Eve approaches and it’s for this reason that Charles Olken has written what must surely be an annual column for him as well as other writers about the various sparkling wines on the market. Olken, the publisher of Connoisseurs Guide to CA…
Dec 12, 2006
How do you know when your hometown has officially morphed from a place to live into a "lifestyle"? When a magazine is published that is named after your town. We have a new magazine in this neck of the woods. It is named, simply, "Sonoma". It is aimed mainly at tourists, though it is distributed to subscribers of the local newspaper, The Index Tribune. It will also be delivered to the rooms at "The Valley’s Finest Hotels". It’s a good…
Dec 11, 2006
GIVE!!! That’s right: GIVE!!! It’s that time when wine and food bloggers stand together with their readers to help do some good by giving. We do this via: MENU FOR HOPE Food and Wine bloggers across the Internet have donated prizes that should be incentive enough for your to donate to this year’s MENU FOR HOPE Charity: The UN World Food Programme. For every $10 you donate, you get a raffle ticket for the prize of your choice. I recommend…
Nov 30, 2006
I sure hope my fellow wine bloggers are having as much fun as I am! This day marks the 2nd anniversary of my first blog post. This very short amount of time, the 1,129 posts, the countless typos, the three different URLs, the ongoing interaction with a readership far more astute than I and the chance to deliver my own brand of hubris into the blogosphere all adds up to GREAT FUN. What’s next for Fermentation? Certainly more of the…