Remember Internet chat rooms? Sure you do – those were the simple, on-line places where you could converse, via written text-based messages, with other seemingly like-minded folks about an endless array of topics, ranging from politics to puppy grooming. Well, converse until the person on the other end asked “Are you a chick? are you…
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Wine Competitions vs. Really Bad Science (or “The Journal of Wine Economics Drops the Cork. Again.”)
I’ve always had a bit of a mixed reaction to the reports published by the Journal of Wine Economics. On the one hand, I love the fact that serious statistical attention is being given to topics like wine awards, in the hopes that scientific examination will help reveal more about how wine and consumers interact. …
The Art of Random Wine Tasting (Visiting Whole Foods’ VA Wine Tasting Room)
Today we’ll be talking about listening to entire rock albums vs. individual MP3 song downloads, wine preservation systems, on-line store boycotts, Jenga, and Mozart. Yeah, I know – how do I get myself into these messes, right? Let’s start with the albums vs. individual songs thing. At heart, I’m an album guy. What I mean…
Southern Hospitality? (Sampling VA’s Loudoun County Wineries)
Virginia, as the marketing slogan goes, is for Lovers. VA may soon be for wine lovers, especially if you’re fond of Old World style Cabernet Franc. VA is not necessarily for wine writers, however. Those are the tidbits of knowledge that I came away with anyway, after touring a handful of Loudoun County wineries with…