As much as social media wine wizards and millennials rail against established wine media, most of them (myself included) share with those ‘old media’ types a similar and mistake-prone approach to wine evaluation and appreciation. And that is, the rapid-fire assessment, review, and perfunctory judgment of any given wine. We are judge, jury and executioner…
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Meet The New Wine Expert: You!
I have seen the future of wine criticism, wine dialog, and wine expertise. Wanna see it? Great – go look in the mirror. Because the future wine experts look an awful lot like you. You look great, by the way – did you cut your bangs? A little over a week ago, Slate.com ran a…
New on Palate Press: PA Uncorks the Worst Wine Idea Ever
I’ve penned my first piece for Palate Press, the on-line wine magazine that is taking the global blog-o-world by storm! Ok, maybe “taking by storm” is a bit of an exaggeration… until I showed up and the party could officially start, that is! Ok, maybe the whole “the party can get started now” thing is…
The Days Before the Flood (Wine Blogging in Mainstream Media, and What’s Coming Next)
“Who cares what wine bloggers have to say, after all?” That question has been posed (with full negative connotation) by at least two established wine personalities as recently as a few months ago – one the most influential wine critic in the world, the other a long-standing wine writer and editor. Well, I have a…