Archive for the ‘Wine Education’ Category
In Stu Smith's latest volley at his blog "Biodynamics is a Hoax", he delivers in his most succinct fashion ("succinct is not one of Stu's strong suits since he, like me, tends to like words and uses them in volume) yet, the reason many in the wine industry are coming to question the Biodynamic movement. In "Why I Resent Biodyanic Farming" Stu explains, "By publicly claiming superiority they, de facto, belittle and ridicule everyone else’s farming methods and wine quality…
There are many reasons why America is not the kind of nation and Americans not the kind of people that can be singled out as a "Wine Drinking Culture". You can look at our country's early religious experience or our proximity to the sugar plantations of the Caribbean and the subsequent cheap rum it provided early on or the inability of traditional wine grapes to do well in the Colonies in the 18th Century or numerous other reasons. But I…
Leo McCloskey is a very smart man. He probably knows more about the chemical composition of great wine than anyone else alive and he puts this information to use through his consulting firm, Enologix. He is also a keen observer of market condition in the wine industry. He’s also a very creative man with a variety of fascinating notions. Recently McCloskey issued a press release that did not get the attention it deserved. In the November press release, McCloskey outlined…
I wonder if there are other wine geeks like me who at times merely need their wine to possess alcohol and be in liquid form? And that's really all that is required. Anything more would demand making the effort of concentrating on the beverage's traits, evaluating it, comparing it and, well, sometimes that just takes too much effort. The funny things is, for folks like us, the comparing, evaluating and identifying is second nature and comes generally in an automatic…
It's GLOBAL ZINFANDEL DAY!! Why today? Because ZAP (Zinfandel Advocates and Producers) says so. And that's good enough for me. I like the idea of taking at least one day out of the year to celebrate a specific grape. ZAP is encouraging wine lovers to take part in home tastings with friends as well as utilizing social media to talk up and celebrate the Zinfandel grape and wine. Today, Twitter users will be utilizing the #Zinfandel hashmark in abundance. And…
