By the time this post is published, I’ll be kicking off the wine touring portion of my German press junket trip, sponsored by the German Wine Institute and the European Union. If you happen to be a taxpayer in an EU-participating country, I’d like to take this opportunity to think you for letting your government…
Category: on the road
What They Got Wrong (Seeing Red in Long Island Wine Country)
The best statement about what to do – and what not to do – to make and promote fine wine in Long Island comes from the LI wines themselves – and it’s a different story than the one that its winemakers are telling. Before we get into what’s wrong with the current state of Long…
Changes in Latitude, Changes in Gratitude (Reflections on TasteCamp East)
TasteCamp East, the first-ever gathering of Right Coast wine bloggers, is now freshly behind us. I came. I saw. I nuked my palate tasting hundreds of wines in a two-day whirlwind tour of Long Island wine country. You will read more ( a lot more) from me regarding my take on the current state of…
Hungover in Boston’s South Station, Speaking with Greek Gods (or “Twitter Taste Live: The Aftermath”)
“When our weary world was young the Struggle of the Ancients first began; The Gods of Love and Reason sought alone to rule the Fate of Man” – Neil Peart, from Hemispheres I am in the throes of TTL Aftermath. Put another way, I’m extremely hungover from co-hosting the latest Twitter Taste Live event –…