Here’s something that you don’t see every day. I’m about to give props to Wine Spectator. And I’m going to apologize to their Forum members. I will wait a moment to let the air of collective “WTF?!???” clear the room. Ok… also, please pick your jaws up from the floor. First, let’s provide a bit…
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The Punking of Wine’s High Priests
Before I get into the topic of today’s post (which, I’ll tell you now for future reference is “why and how even preeminent wine authorities can be duped”), I first need to give you some background on the world of wine fraud. A few years ago I was on a business trip to Russia (before…
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…
Wine Rocks (Is Wine Appreciation Becoming Cool?)
Well… duh, right? Anyone that has spent more than a cursory glance through the (virtual) pages of 1WineDude (or has had the unfortunate experience of sharing a long car ride with me when I’m driving, which of course entitles me to choose the music played on the car stereo) is familiar with my affinity for…