Archive for the ‘Wine Education’ Category
Last week one of America's senior wine writers made the point that experience lends more credibility to opinion where wine writing is concerned. Steve Heimoff, long time West Coast editor of Wine Enthusiast who also writes about wine on his blog, put it this way: "the validity of a person’s opinions about wine is directly related to the amount of time and effort that person has put into the study of wine, which includes reading, traveling, learning from others and…
Trying to write a book covering the current status of the California wine industry isn't easy. Such a book will never be comprehensive unless the end product runs thousands of pages. Trying to write a survey of the world of California wine must mean, then, carefully choosing those producers to include in the volume in such a way that those wineries covered deliver a fair representation of the world of California wine. This is exactly what a new and beautiful…
The tagline for this blog has, from its beginning, been: "A Blog Set Inside The World of Wine Public Relations—Where The Media, The Culture And I Mingle" It's that "culture" part that has always really had my interest. So, I was fascinated to find Google Ngrams, a beta program that allows the user to search the frequency of use of words, over time, in more than 5.2 million books that Google has scanned. These books reach back to before 1800….
With Robert Parker, Jr.'s announcement that he is turning over reviewing responsibilities for California wines to Antonio Galloni, there has been one major question on the minds of California wineries, wine retailers across the country and collectors: Will Galloni appreciate the same wines as Mr. Parker has appreciated? The reasons this question arises should be clear: 1. Mr. Parker's reviews of California wines have been very influential with collectors and retailers who have used the reviews to help aid them…
As I watched my new puppy happily and with no reservations gnaw on the first dried bull's penis ever presented to her, it occurred to me that perhaps I've gotten into a rut with my drinking of late and not taken advantage of the wide variety of options wine drinkers now posses. My drinking habits tend to flow between Manhattans, Old Fashioneds and, where wine is concerned, Pinot Noir, Riesling and Rhone or Rhone-style wines. This collection of drinks has…
