Last week, Vineyard & Winery Management Magazine ran a featured story titled “CORK Through the Media’s Eyes: Have wine writers put a cork in their criticism of bark stoppers?” written by WineCurmudgeon.com’s Jeff Siegel. The story (in which I’m briefly quoted) asks whether or not the natural cork stopper industry has reached the point in…
Month: May 2010
The Funky Reclaimed Wine Stylings of 8point8
An interesting set of sample items found their way to my door recently. Not wine, but wood. The wood (or rather what’s been done to the wood) is the brainchild of Brian Behncke, a construction company owner who is in the process of starting up a wood reuse company in San Diego. The idea is…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2010-05-08
07 J Vineyards Chardonnay (Russian River Valley): Massive ML & sur lie aging leads to an unabashedly poised creme brulee big beauty $28 B # 07 J Vineyards Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley): With plush berry, spice & flowers it's a wine for Now, but Now's a pretty good place $35 B # 09 J…
TasteCamp East Invades NY’s Finger Lakes
Here we go again! TasteCamp East, the brainchild of New York Cork Report founder and fellow Steelers fan Lenn Thompson, is now in its second year and this weekend will be gathering together nearly 40 North American wine bloggers in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region for a few days of tasting, eating, and (probably)…