Aug 12, 2006
It’s time to re-evaluate my blogroll of wine blogs. It has been a while. And…I’d like some help. Here’s what I want to know:Is there a Wine Blog not on my blogroll over there on the right hand side that NEEDS to be there? Is there a wine blog you think NEEDS TO BE READ? Let me know what wine blog that is by posting a comment. I’ll evaluate it and get it up. I don’t care if you own…
Aug 11, 2006
Magic and Mystery. Nothing is a greater enemy to magic and mystery than Technology. It’s no coincidence that authority of the churches has declined in fairly direct proportion to the development of new technology that delivered new insight into the natural world. Technology is the killer of innocence. I can not escape this conclusion as I read that scientists in Australia are working on the creation of a "Cybernose", a technology using insights from the natural world that will allow…
Aug 11, 2006
Last week Eric Asimov of the New York Times visited Bucklin’s Old Hill Ranch here in Glen Ellen. Eric drove up the gravel road in a black Dodge Magnum rental that looked ominously like a hearse. I thought he might be there to bury us. It was one of those beautiful days in Glen Ellen where the afternoon temperature is about 92 there’s a slight breeze coming up the valley from the North and it was pretty quiet all around….
Aug 10, 2006
FERMENTATION has obtained a copy of an e-mail that the Wine & Spirit Wholesalers Association’s (WSWA) president Juanita Duggan sent to a number of trade associations yesterday, a day before the release of a "survey" on on-line alcohol sales. The e-mail strikes this writer as a "stick this in your bottle" kind of parting communication that comes on the eve of Duggan’s departure from the world of wine. Duggan is doing her best in the waning hours she has at…
Aug 1, 2006
Today is the first day of August. In fact, it’s the first of what is clearly a very important culinary month. Consider these very important dates: August 1: National Raspberry Cream Pie DayAugust 2: National Ice Cream Sandwich Day August 3: National Watermelon DayAugust 4: National Chocolate Chip Day August 5: National Waffle Day August 9: National Rice Pudding Day August 10: National Smores Day August 14: National Creamsicle Day August 13: National Filet Mignon Day August 18-20: National Personal…