Archive for the ‘Wine Places’ Category
It's not unreasonable to ask if John Haeger is finally tired of Pinot Noir. In the course of just four years he has produced not just the most current volume on Pinot Noir in North America ("North American PinotNoir)", but has now updated that terrific survey of the continent's engagement with the the grape with the publication of "Pacific Pinot Noir". The new volume is indeed an update as well as an expansion upon "North American Pinot". The fact that…
If I got together some co-conspirators, huddled in a dark place with candles aglow and hatched a diabolical plan to destroy the French wine industry, one of the things at the top of my LIST OF DIABOLICAL THINGS TO DESTROY THE FRENCH WINE INDUSTRY would be to ban free tastings of wine. But since I don't know any dark places, have no candles and can't think of a single person who would want to conspire to destroy the French wine…
Alice Feirng is an anti-establishmentarian that believes beauty is extracted from order. This puts her at odds with American wine and probably modernity too. And yet this strange and compelling perspective also gave her open entry directly into the hearts of the audience I watched her address yesterday. Last night, in the grand, old tank room of Sonoma's venerable Sebastiani Vineyards, with lights dimmed and candles lit, Ms. Feiring held court in front of a crowd that was decidedly modern:…
13 Things I learned at the first day of the American Wine Bloggers Conference 1. Amy Atwood of Cleanskins & My Daily Wine blog is a fascinating lovely woman whose two websites don't completely scratch the surface of her potential or involvement in the wine industry. She's one of the folks from the Wine Blogger's Conference who I immediately liked and immediately knew was meant for much greater things. Nice handbag too. 2. Quivira Winery in Dry Creek Valley's one…
I’ve thought about it many times but have never come up with a satisfactory answer to why it is I gravitate toward things historical. My masters is in Diplomatic History. Most of my vacations have taken me to historic places and cities. My library is full of histories. And my movie collection tends toward historical dramas. My first Wine PR client was Foppiano Vineyards: Founded 1896. Rued Winery is Wark Communications’ most recent client. The first member of the Rued…
