Apr 17, 2008
Another new wine magazine has emerged of late and like the last new magazine I alerted you to, this one is also somewhat niche in nature. Color and Aroma magazine is a very well designed, attractive publication that seeks to serve the CA wine drinker and wine lover. The actual design reminds me of "Simple" magazine, but with more color and more drama. Being focused on the Southern California region it is no surprise that the first issue (it’s published…
Apr 16, 2008
Those of us who are regularly looking for evidence that the online world of wine is able to reach into the physical or non digitized world of wine need examples to that effect. We have a new one. Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV has been published…ON PAPER. The publisher is Rodale and the book, "Gary Vaynerchuk’s 101 Wines: Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World", I schedule for release on May 13. This is good news…
Apr 14, 2008
"In yet another anti-intellectual effort to take fancy-schmancy wine down a peg or two, a new book purports to demonstrate that price bears little relation to quality and that the experts don’t know what they are talking about." This is how Eric Asimov at The Pour begins a post that I think is deliciously provocative. The "effort" he is referring to is a new book entitled, "The Wine Trials". The book describes a set of blind tastings of wines costing…
Apr 9, 2008
I’m constantly watching for the emergence of new wine-related media. In particular I’m partial to publications that don’t cater to the average wine drinker, but rather try to fill that smaller niche of sophisticated wine folks. Basically I’m greedy. Such a publication has emerged and based on the first issue I recommend it highly. The Sommelier Journal is new and focuses most of its attention of publishing for sommeliers and wine professionals. Yet, any one with a higher level of…
Apr 8, 2008
Am I a Twit? God knows I’ve had this shingle hung around my neck by a few dismissive folks over the years. But I’ve never willingly adopted the moniker. Until Now. TOM’S NEW TWITTER FEED. Yes, I joined twitter. I’m not quite committed to the TwitterRevolution as I’m not sure how it will increase my productivity as a blogger or quality as a blogger or the readership of my blog. Nor am I sure how it will increase the quality…