Alright people, we’ve got a record-setting number that have already RSVP’d for the historic April 17th Twitter Taste Live event with the Hospice du Rhone. So… what are you waiting for? If you’re in the Boston area, sign up for the Wine Riot! event in downtown, where the Bin Ends Wine staff and I will…
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To Wit: Vintage Humor for Wine Lovers (Book Review)
Today has the Dude taking another dip into the sample box, though this time I’m not coming back up with a wine, but with a book about wine. Or, rather, a book with quips (and cartoons) about wine. For a book with contents that I sometimes found hilarious, Malcolm Kushner’s Vintage Humor for Wine Lovers…
Old World Italian Wine Booty… in a Northern CA Dress (Rosa D’Oro)
When you write about wine, it’s easy to start becoming a little… jaded isn’t the right word… actually, yeah, jaded is the right word but it’s soooo overused… how about effete?… okay, a bit effete regarding wines that are typical of their varietal character and place of origin. When they’re really, really good, you don’t…
Who Do You Love? (Are Wine Writers Writing for You, or for Each Other?)
Or is that Whom Do You Love? Dammit. Ok, whatever… I usually get flamed for writing about writing about wine, so I’m donning the asbestos undies for this one. Bring on the heat, baby! ‘Cause I’ve got (yet another) bone to pick with the world of wine writing (this includes wine blogging, and hence includes…