Dec 4, 2006
Isn’t it interesting which wine stories tend to get picked up outside the food pages? Today the story with a wine focus that seems to be picked up all over the place is THIS ONE about a Catholic Church official who has planted a vineyard in a graveyard…not OVER the graves, but next door. This quote from the story making the rounds is the epitome of referencing the elephant in the room without actually mentioning the elephant:"While planting so close…
Dec 1, 2006
I think it must be more difficult to be a prince in this day and age, rather than, say, 400 years ago when princeliness actually meant something. These days your average prince can’t start wars, doesn’t receive entire regions as a dowry when they marry and generally has no good reason to off their mother or father. However, they do get to have their watercolors pasted on to First Growth Bordeaux. Decanter reports that Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales,…
Nov 30, 2006
Worst case scenario is you get up in the morning and shuffle off to a job you despise. I’ve done that. Believe me, it’s the worst possible career/work scenario. Best case scenario is you get up in the morning and you know that through your job today you get to be a part of something groundbreaking, something you are excited about and something that’s going to drive real change. That was today. Today I got up knowing I would be…
Nov 16, 2006
The folks at Zinfandel Advocates and Producers (ZAP) have released to the media the fascinating results of a survey of Zinfandel producers. In it we see on display the hopes, concerns and views of one of the more interesting slices of the winemaker universe. There is a great deal of information in this survey report. So much so that I don’t want to go into all of it. But I do want to hit some highlights…or at least highlight some…
Nov 6, 2006
Listen for the voice of Fermentation to appear today on Wine Biz 2.4 on the Mighty KSVY 91.3 at 1pm PST. This is my once a month stint on the local radio station. Wine Biz 2.0 is is the creation of Richard (Kaz) Kasmier and Erik Aho, two local boys. It’s a fun, loose show in which we gab about current wine events and just generally have fun. You can LISTEN HERE!