This week, we’re giving away a hardcover copy of Todd Kliman’s excellent The Wild Vine: A Forgotten Grape and the Untold Story of American Wine (of which I received more than one sample copy) to one lucky commenter (that could be YOU). I should start by saying that The Wild Vine is everything that you’d…
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K is For K-rap Lawsuit? (The First Time I’ve Banned a Wine Product)
Hopefully it will be the last time, as well. [ Also, please be forewarned that this post contains several references to the concept of poop. ] By now, the more on-line socially active of you (sounds sexy!) will have not only heard about the kerfuckle over at Blake Gray’s excellent blog The Gray Market Report…
Old Vines, Old Families, New Recommendations (Three Reds Worth Your Time and Money)
Today, we’re talking wine recommendations, simply because over the last week I had the pleasure of tasting samples of three very different but very badge-worthy Reds that I wanted to share with you. The first comes from old vines; the remainder from old winemaking families. Also, in reviewing these I’ve just noticed that each “review”…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2010-10-02
06 Louis M. Martini Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley): Heck of a crowd-pleasing, velvety, tobacco-infused ride for the price. $25 B # 07 Continuum Red (Oakville): Graphite & fig did it for me, but w/ complexity like this you can find 20 other things to float yer boat $129 A # 09 Jean-Paul Brun Dme….