Apr 12, 2006
FERMENTATION has been up and running now for nearly a year and a half. One of the great joys of blogging has been the chance to meet other wine blogging folk who I"d probably never have had much of any contact with. This week is twofer…I get to meet face to face Mike Duffy of the Winery Website Report as well as Taj from Cork & Demon. There are still those in the wine business and wine media who I’ve…
Apr 11, 2006
It strikes me that the Monterey region in central California is perhaps one of the most perfectly situated "wine country" destinations in all of California. If all goes well down in that neck of the woods, the county will be helping out the wine industry, and wine lovers, by creating a "wine corridor" that encourages modest development of wine and wine tourism related business up and down the valley. The proposal for the Wine Corridor comes as Monterey is considering…
Apr 11, 2006
I came across a new wine blog aggregator attached to a wine site that has altogether different intentions than simpling rolling out the most current batch of wine blog posts. WineMega.com is in fact a very interesting and ambitious wine website. It sets its focus on all things Bordeaux with the goal of bringing readers the overall best wines of the vintage and ratings from many of Europe’s top palates. WineMega delivers vintage charts, ratings, commentary and articles (including 65…
Apr 11, 2006
While there are many people who spend $300 or more on a bottle of wine, most of us don’t. Most of us don’t get close to spendiing this kind of money on wine. If you are like my bride, she has trouble getting past the barrier that forces her to ask, "What else could I use this $300 for?" What’s needed is a good old fashion JUSTIFICATION for spending $300 on a bottle of juice. So, as a public service,…
Apr 10, 2006
Just once, I’d like to hear an honest to goodness principled argument by those who would advocate wine consumers be limited in their access to fine wines. Just once. What would a principled argument for limiting consumer access to fine wine look like? 1. It should be consistentThe argument should be able to make sense no matter where it can be made and no matter who would be making it. 2. It should avoid the taint of NIMBYISMToo often arguments…