Apr 29, 2005
I’m pretty convinced that the award for BEST WINE REVIEW OF THE YEAR should go to Beau over at Basic Juice for his review of the Lustau “Los Arcos Dry Amontillado Sherry. It’s a must read….go on….click on the link….Go read it…and take your time.
Apr 18, 2005
Is there anything better than a GREAT wine value. Doesn’t matter how you find it. But when you come across that wine that is really wonderful and can be paid for with the cash in your pocket wine lovers tend to get excited. The problem is that it is hard to try all those lower cost wines out there in search of great value. And this is of course why we rely on wine critics and wine magazines. Well, I…
Apr 9, 2005
Wine writers and wine review publications take a lot of flack for the "colorful" language they often use to describe a wine. More often than not the criticism of the language used falls into the category of "What does that mean" or "who has ever tasted tar?" or "what DOES a Russian cedar cigar box smell like?" The language used to describe wine always will come under attack simply because taste, smell and sensation is extraordinarily subjective. Yet, interestingly, I’ve…
Mar 30, 2005
How important is the sweetness of a wine when determining if you want to buy it? I think about this normally only when I’m considering a dessert wine or a wine I want to serve as an aperatif before a meal. There is a wine writer and reviewer who thinks it’s pretty important. In fact, so important that he has a special code he puts in his reviews to alert readers to the sweetness level in the wine. There is…
Mar 24, 2005
When you think of "public relations" and PR people, most immediately think of "Spin" and "damage control". Public relations is a vast industry with specialist of all types. And, it’s "spin" and "damage control" that is usually bandied about by the press and others when my profession comes up for discussion. So here is an interesting little fact: "damage control" is almost never a part of a wine publicist’s job. Not that we can’t undertake such jobs, it’s just that…