Last week, I had the pleasure of being the guest on WineBizRadio, the great Sonoma-based wine business radio program with which most of you savvy readers will already be familiar. I always enjoy riffing with show hosts Kaz and Randy, and I had a fantastic time discussing the recent Wine Writers Symposium (Facebook fan page),…
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Premiere Napa Valley: One Dude’s Tasting Notes
We know that I’m not terribly fond of massive tastings. I did thoroughly enjoy myself at Premiere Napa Valley, however, even if I didn’t get to try all 200 of the wines, mostly because the experience, with lots of people in close proximity to wine and to each other, is uber-social. For a gadfly like…
Red Wine, Purple Teeth & Silver Linings: Premiere Napa Valley 2010
Sometimes the best way to convey the essence of an event is via comparison. Especially when that event might be too noisy and hectic to capture on video. Or, when you’re video recorder isn’t fully charged, so all you have are pictures, words, and memories. And teeth stains. Honestly, I think that my dentist is…
The 2010 Wine Writers Symposium in 10 Easily Digestible & Tasty Morsels
Alternative title: “What I Learned (So Far) At the 2010 Professional Wine Writers Symposium in Napa” Symposium Chairperson and Wines & Vines editor Jim Gordon, may, in fact, be the sweetest and most patient person on the planet (there remains one more day of symposium activities in which to properly test this theory). The amount…