Archive for the ‘Wine Consumers’ Category
Who doesn't love a good list? I love lists. I love listing. A great little list was recently released in the form of THE WINE ENTHUSIAST'S 100 BEST BUYS OF 2011. What we are talking about here are the best value wines the reviewers came across over the past 12 months. Curious about the breakdown? BY COLOR (and type)Red Wines: 51White Wines: 41Sparkling: 3Rose: 3Sparkling: 1 BY COUNTRY/REGIONCalifornia: 22France: 12Portugal: 10Spain: 9Chile: 9Washington: 7Argentina: 7Italy: 7Australia: 6South Africa: 3Oregon: 3Austria:…
Here's something very interesting that could not have been done in the pre-digital age: Crowd Sourcing Winemaking Decisions. This is what Silversmith Vineyards, located in Mendocino County's Redwood Valley, is doing and it looks like a pretty cool project. Imagine outsourcing to your crowd decisions like: 1. What varietal to make2. When to pick?3. Pump over or punch down4. What type of yeast to use?5. When rackings of the wine should happen6. Should the wine be filtered and if so,…
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FIRST COMMERCIAL WINERY BUILT IN THE LODI REGION AND WHAT YEAR WAS IT BUILT? The first person to answer this question correctly will receive two tickets to LODI'S TREASURE ISLAND WINE FEST taking place Saturday, October 8, 2011, 1pm – 5pm, at the Pavilion By The Bay on Treasure Island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay (very cool setting!!) The folks organaizing the event were kind enough to send me two tickets…
Wine Country beckons to Bay Areans looking for a nearby getaway as well as wine lovers the world over. But if you are like most visitors to Grapeland, your weekend will have you lined up elbow-to-elbow at well-traveled winery tasting rooms, browsing and buying grape-shaped trinkets and eating at the same fancy Wine Country restaurants as the couple that muscled by you at the bar at the last tasting room you visited that day. The solution is to get off…
Before we had "friends", we had mailing lists—and they weren't made public. We used to have to be careful when we followed someone for fear of being branded a stalker, rather than just being counted and sorted. I used to be wary of getting invitations because I knew it meant having to get dressed up, while now I can usually attend all the "events" I'm invited to in the comfort of my boxers and along with thousands of other boxer-clad…
