“Doesn’t mean you should Just because you can It doesn’t mean you should Just because you can Like Abraham and Ishmael Fighting over sand It doesn’t mean you should Just because you can.” – “Facts of Life” by King Crimson Seriously, people. Stop it. Please. It’s getting embarrassing now. I get that newer wine areas…
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Weekly Twitter Wine Mini Reviews Round-Up For May 14, 2011
07 Dry Creek Vineyard Old Vine Zinfandel (Dry Creek Valley): The vines are old but their spicy dark juice has several yrs ahead of it $28 B+ # 10 Crios Torrontes (Salta): Boom! Lychee shakes the room! Boom! Lychee shakes the room! Boom! Tick… Tick… Tick… BOOM! $15 B # NV Bear Flag "Dark Red…
Taking A VinPass? (Social Gaming Goes Vino)
Social gaming – driven in part by the ubiquity of social networks (do I really need to dredge up the if-facebook-was-a-country-it-would-make-your-country-look-like-chump-change stats?) and (I strongly suspect) our natural human competitive instincts now that hunting and killing are generally frowned-upon – has seen a usage curve that by any measure can be safely said to have…
Can Terroir Be Designed? (Behind The Scenes With Chile’s Newest Ultra-Premium Red at Viña Vik)
“Of course, you know this word, terroir?” The fact that Gonzague de Lambert, Marketing & Sales Manager of Viña Vik, didn’t punch me squarely in the head after my response to his question – especially given our close proximity at the time, he in the driver’s seat and I in the front passenger seat of…