Archive for the ‘Wine Consumers’ Category
There is an opinion (it's nearly a meme) that has been swirling around the wine industry for at least a couple decades now that needs to be put to rest. The best recitation I've read of this opinion was recently expressed in the comment section of my post on Robert Parker's Wine Advocate reviews of 2009 Pinot Noirs. The commenter wrote this: "Parker has outlasted his stay as the geru of wine and the alltime judge of all of them….
I understand the basic principles of food and wine pairing. But the question I have that I've never found a consensus answer on is this: What is the best way to combine food and wine on one's palate to have the ultimate pairing experience? Does one place the food in the mouth, then take a sipe of wine, combining the two on the palate? Does one take a sip, swallow, then place the food on the palate? Or, does one…
The Top 10 Places To Buy Wine in Napa Valley Conventional wisdom among Wine Country visitors looking for the “good stuff” is you must go directly to the winery where they store and sell their really rare and hard-to-find bottlings. While Wine Country tourists are often rewarded by their on-premise search for great and rare wines, there is in fact a much more efficient and reliable way for visitors to Napa Valley to get their hands on the finest and…
The Texas alcohol regulators happily report that they are successfully stopping Texas wine lovers from obtaining wines they can't find locally by ordering those wines from out of state wine stores. Meanwhile, over in New York, the local wine regulators in that state report that they generated $5 million in taxes and fees from $54 million in direct wine shipments from out of state wineries. What's interesting is that neither of these states collect taxes on, let alone legally allow,…
We are on the verge of a discussion that could turn out to be of some import. As the California grape harvest begins to move into its final phases, it appears that this could be a year when grape sugars come in significantly lower, particularly for late ripening grapes like Cabernet. This in turn means we may be in for 2011 Cabs with lower alcohols. If this does occur, look for an industry-wide discussion asking, "Is this harvest good for…
