With the recent review I penned for WCDish.com, I’ve had restaurant wine lists on the brain lately. Which means that this post will likely be ill-timed, given the dearth of restaurant-goers in an economy that is wading knee-deep in layoff announcements. Oh well – timing was never one of my strong suits. Anyway, as a…
Category: learning wine
Earth, Wine And Fire… and Wine Lists
Shall we explore the world of restaurant wine lists, while interpolating the badassness of Earth Wind & Fire in the process? What the hell, why not? First, we can establish the baddassness of EWF right away – that’s easy: They funked, singing harmonies in octaves that would require most people to otherwise suck helium to…
The Summer of Wine’s Discontent (or "What Wine Can Learn From Beer")
The wine world probably won’t miss the Summer of `08. That’s because the Summer of `08 seems like wine’s Season of Discontent. A fictitious restaurant won an Award of Excellence from long-running wine institution Wine Spectator; Wine Spectator’s response, posted in their on-line forums rather than through a PR effort, showed a darker side of…
Wine Mags that are Worth Reading
Asking me what wine mags to read is sort of like asking me what television shows are worth watching. I access them so infrequently, that I’m in danger of being totally irrelevant in my commentary. But what the hell, it’s never stopped me before! I also get bored easily, so committing to reading an entire…