By the time this post is published, I’ll be kicking off the wine touring portion of my German press junket trip, sponsored by the German Wine Institute and the European Union. If you happen to be a taxpayer in an EU-participating country, I’d like to take this opportunity to think you for letting your government…
Month: May 2009
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2009-05-16
07 Schafer Frohlich Riesling Spatlese (Nahe): It’s like the album ‘Pet Sounds’; everyone loves it, but I just don’t quite seem to ‘get it’. # 06 Viu Manent La Capilla Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Colchagua): It’s all big – the dark fruit, the leather, the booze… & the green pepper. # 06 Mondavi To Kalon Vineyard…
Chicks Dig Expensive Wine! (Do Women Have a Price Bias?)
You really like my limousine You like the way the wheels roll. You like my seven inch leather heels and coming to all of the shows. But… Do you love me? – KISS, Do You Love Me (from Destroyer, 1976) The American Association of Wine Economists has released another working paper, which often is great…
One Wino’s Inspiration (Wine Blogging Wednesday #57)
I need to go on record right now that I hate Jeff Lefevere*. Why do I hate Jeff… Well, for one, he has the best-looking wine blog in all of the blog-o-world. If his blog design were a person, it would be Warren Beatty, and it would walk around with a smile and a demure…