For February’s wine product sample roundup (in which I cast a critical eye on wine-related stuff that isn’t actually wine), we once again hit the book shelves, with some mixed but ultimately geekily fascinating results… First up is a long-overdue mention of Maximillian Potter’s account of the train-wreck-style-too-crazy-to-look-away story behind the 2010 threat to poison…
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I’ll Be Here, Hiding Under The Blanket (January 2018 Wine Product Review Roundup)
It’s time for the first monthly wine product sample review round-up of the new year, which means you now have a couple of recommendations for vinous-related things to buy after you’ve returned the crappier gifts that you received during the holidays! You’re welcome! Since it’s been as cold as Dante’s icy ninth circle of hell…
Stem The Yuletide Cheer (December 2017 Wine Products Roundup)
So… here we are… the last wine product review roundup of 2017. The quick refresher: this is the series of posts in which I cast a critical eye (and, sometimes, other body parts) onto those product samples I receive that cannot be safely ingested. Given the inevitable (yule)tide of the approaching holiday season, I decided…
All Reference Books, Great And Small (November 2017 Wine Product Roundup)
This month’s wine product review roundup requires you to get your reading glasses, as we’re taking a look at two upcoming wine reference book releases, one of them tiny (and insanely useful), the other heavy and large (and maybe a lot less useful). First up is the venerable Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine, 2018 edition (Mitchell…