Dec 8, 2008
Good news is hard to come by of late. Between the disingenuous goings on in Michigan and my pessimistic state brought on by my investigation into the state of our economy, I find myself loitering in a pessimistic mood. That's not to say there are not very happy things happening to me that keep me from stopping traffic altogether. There are. And you know who you are. But I came across an article that should make a certain demographic very…
Nov 28, 2008
Oct 23, 2008
The power and importance of The Wine Spectator, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Wine & Spirit's Magazine, the Wine Enthusiast or any other wine print publications isn't determined by the quality of their content. It isn't measured by the number of wines they review. And it's not measured by the insight of their various columnists, editors or writers. The power of these publications and any others is determined by one single thing: The number of eyeballs they attract. With eyeballs come…
Sep 16, 2008
In preparation for a British "expose" of sorts on winemaking and winemaking additives, the Telegraph in the UK has run a story highlighting the rather unauthentic ingredients that sometimes find their way into wines. From the look of the story in the Telegraph, the television show probably wasn’t a fawning appraisal of the world of wine making. But one thing stuck out in reading the story: "Many cheaper wines have oak chips added to give the impression that they have…
Aug 18, 2008
There has been a lot written of late about Pennsylvania’s need to come into compliance with Granholm v. Heald by addressing the issue of Direct Shipping. But none of the commentaries and articles have been quite as good, quite as pointed and quite as funny as that published by the WillDo blog at the Philadelphia Weekly."In the beginning, God created man and the ethyl alcohol molecule. Later, man discovered the ethyl alcohol molecule was psychoactive. In other words, he discovered…