If you’ve spent more than 0.7 seconds searching the Internet for wine-related products and accessories, you will already no doubt be familiar with aerators, those versatile solutions for modern wine living that promise to mellow and round-out your wine by exposing it to copious amounts of air. This is supposedly the same as decanting a…
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The Last Word on Wine Media Ethics
Hey, wanna talk about ethics in wine media? Chances are, if you’re in wine media, the answer is “Yes! Please!” If you’re not in wine media, I’m willing to bet the answer is “Huh? Who gives a sh*t?!??” I suspect that the population breakdown looks something like this: So, when I title this “Last Word…,”…
Postcard from Germany: How German Wine Laws Lie
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…
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…