Archive for the ‘Wine Gossip’ Category

Mar 7, 2007

My Hero

The measure of a person’s commitment to an idea must surely be the length to which they are willing to go to make their point. When a person is willing to go the distance, and do so with the kind of delicious satire that Darryl Roberts of Wine X Magazine does, you really have to step back and marvel at the brilliance. As we recently heard, Roberts shut down his subversive Wine X Magazine after years of publishing. In doing…

Dec 28, 2006

A Colorful Display of Wine Extravegance

Last week many of us read about the sale over in London of an extraordinary collection of wine: A 135-Bottle Vertical Collection of Chateau d’Yquem ranging from 1860 to 2003. First off, if you don’t salivate at the very thought of obtaining such a collection of wine then, well, then I question your status as even a semi-wine geek. Steve Bachmann over at The Wine Collector Blog, a member of the board of directors of the society for wine geeks,…

Dec 14, 2006

Now THAT’S! A Winery

I was moving through the various satellite imagery of wineries and vineyards at Appellation America today and came across these images of what is surely the largest winery facility in America, if not the world. Talk about a "Tank Farm". Gallo’s production facility in Modesto, California is more like a "Tank County". I’d love to tour this facility. By all the accounts I’ve ever received, this is but the tip of the iceberg. WOW Now, THAT’S a Tank Farm!! Just…

Dec 12, 2006

Sonoma: From Home to “Lifestyle”

How do you know when your hometown has officially morphed from a place to live into a "lifestyle"? When a magazine is published that is named after your town. We have a new magazine in this neck of the woods. It is named, simply, "Sonoma". It is aimed mainly at tourists, though it is distributed to subscribers of the local newspaper, The Index Tribune. It will also be delivered to the rooms at "The Valley’s Finest Hotels". It’s a good…