Earlier this week, I shared a brief twitter exchange with Wine Spectator senior editor James Molesworth, kicked off by a tweet about a Chinon tasting that I noticed on James’ twitter feed: “That was a tough flight – I’m more tolerant than most, but someone needs to send the brett police to Chinon…” Essentially, James…
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The Art of Simplification: An Interview With Andrea Robinson
Many, many wine personalities talk about wanting to make wine more accessible and simple for consumers; few deliver in the manner that today’s interview guest, Andrea Robinson, has. She’s practically raised the task of simplifying wine to an art form. After ditching a 9-to-5 day job (“surely there is a special place in Heaven for…
Drinking Nectar on DrinkNectar.com (Pairing Dessert Wine with Interviews)
Last night I had the pleasure of both drinking some damn good nectar (2004 Klein Constantia Vin de Constance) and doing a Skype video interview with DrinkNectar.com’s Josh Wade. Josh asked me about the “Advance Wine Blogging” panel at the upcoming 2010 Americas Wine Bloggers Conference. He also interviews Joe (The Suburban Wino) Herrig about…
Vintage of the Decade? (the 2007 Port Rampage)
First things first, we need to make it clear that I am not an authority on Port, fortified wines, or spirits. This has everything to do with lack of tasting experience and nothing whatsoever to do with a lack of affection for those general libation categories. In fact, I have a sweet-tooth and I never,…