I love Autumn (Fall colors & Football!), but I hate at least three things whose approaches are heralded by the falling leaves: Raking those falling leaves Thanksgiving / Holiday food & wine pairings The Dallas Cowboys Since I find numbers one and three above so unpalatable, let’s talk about number two. Holiday wine pairings are…
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Pennsylvania Wine Kiosk “MCP” Abducts Customers, Forces Them To Play “Grid Games” in Twisted Digital World
Special Report from the Inebriated Press Pennsylvania Governor-elect Tom Corbett today issued a public plea to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to “immediately and indefinitely suspend” its plans to expand grocery store installations statewide of its new wine kiosk dispensers. Corbett wants all activity on the PLCB kiosk machines shut down “until allegations of the…
Chile and Peppers (or “Wine Shopping in the Veggie Aisle”)
Am I crazy for thinking Chilean wines still have way too much pyrazine/green pepper action? Well… am I??? That’s a question that’s been on my mind lately, especially after taking part in the Wines of Chile red blends on-line tasting recently and finding myself in the minority of participants who found the levels of nettle…
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…