I’m very happy to tell you that I’ll be providing the weekly wine Quiz in The Juice newsletter, a customizable update on wine events distributed by the venerable LocalWineEvents.com. The first month’s quizzes will focus on trivia about Champagne, in the hopes that it will help lighten the serious hangover that the stuff gave you…
Category: wine appreciation
A Visual History Of Champagne (Minus The Death And Dismemberment)
Quite a few of you noticed earlier this week that I not-so-subtly indicated via twitter and Facebook that I was toasting my career transition into the wine world with a certain Brut Rosé sparkler – the genuine article, as it were, from Champagne. Not too surprising then that I was contacted shortly thereafter (a matter…
Are Wine Critics “Wasting” Points On A Wine’s Color?
Well… are they? Some background: Wine critics generally use a 100-point scale when evaluating wines (I know most of you know this, bear with the exposition, people!). I don’t, because I think it implies a level of accuracy in evaluating a moving-target product (that can change within hours in the glass, let alone within years…
Are You Drinking Wine, Or Just Squashing Grapes?
Today we will speak of current NFL coaches, former baseball catching stars, and Jedi Master Yoda. And wine – almost forgot about the wine… See, I’ve been getting a little bit of flak over how publicly I’ve worn my NFL team allegiance colors on 1WD. And so, true to form, I’m going to go deeper…