Usually, with these COVID-era virtual wine sample tastings, we end up with a good, small group of like-minded journalist types who imbibe and learn and ask questions about whatever vinous delicacies we have the luxury of being able to sip during a Zoom call. Occasionally, however, we end up with a good, large group of…
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Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 17 (Even MORE Zinfandel!)
It seems that people like to go big when it comes to their COVID SiP drinking these days. At least, that’s what I’m guessing the Lodi folks were hoping when they invited me to sample a handful of single vineyard Lodi Zinfandel releases as part of a presentation moderated by Stuart Spencer (of the Lodi…
Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 15 (Tasting Legendary Zinfandel Vineyards)
This late in the COVID SIP game, the entire wine industry pretty much has the ZOOM tasting thing down pat. The flurry of tasting invites has been getting intense in the final stretch of 2020, so much so that I’ve been a) having to decline several competing tastings, b) totally losing track of what sample…
Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 14 (What We Drank to Toast Democracy)
Well… in what is amounting to, put charitably, quite a year now contains one of the most well-THAT-was-quite-a-week moments arguably in U.S (world?) history. In case you haven’t heard (presumably because you’ve been fortunate enough to have been stranded on a beautiful, remote island somewhere with an almost unlimited amount of Madeira stashed in caves…