If you’re a wine producer and calling, say, your refreshing but probably overpriced (c’mon, let’s be honest) $35 Sauvignon Blanc an “entry level” wine, you might be missing the trick with both the older (now in the 30s) and younger (just reaching legal drinking age) Millennial generation. That conclusion isn’t based on reams of hard…
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Have You Ever Had A 16 Percent ABV Wine That Was Really Balanced?
With all my talk recently about alcohol not being anywhere near as important factor in quality wine as overall balance, I asked myself a tough question in the wake of that talk, and I couldn’t come up with a good answer. When was the last time you’ve had a wine that was over 16% alcohol…
Getting Hip At The Washington Post, And Raiding The Wine Expense Account With Ornellaia At Playboy.com
A couple of weeks ago, I cropped up in two totally unrelated places on the “Global Interwebs” – Playboy.com (which you expected, right?) and The Washington Post (which, admit it, you didn’t expect). The Washington Post article, titled Some wineries adding a little hip to swirl, sniff and sip routine, was one of those rare…
Wine Blogging Isn’t Dead (To Those Who Are Paying Attention)
I hate this debate. Actually, I love the debate, I just hate the way it’s being presented; namely, without a single shred of hard evidence to back up the claims that wine blogs are now dinosaurs. People, wine blogging is, quite literally, about Kindergarten age. Wine blogging has been around for something like 7 years,…