There’s a new beverage event in town, pardners! I’m happy to report that registration is now open for the 2017 US BevX Wine & Beverage Expo, to be held in Washington, D.C. February 22-24. It’s targeted at beverage industry insiders, and here’s the skinny from the event organizers: This year’s theme is “The Quality Revolution”…
Cab-Francophile (An Arcanum Retrospective In Tuscany)
It takes some serious chutzpah to pour your super-Tuscan red, sans hesitation, alongside Le Macchiole Paleo, Ornellaia, and Sassicai. Now, you might expect that kind of faccia tosta from the Italians, but in this case it came from Frenchman veteran vigneron Pierre Seillan who, alonf with winemaker Lawrence Cronin and vineyard manager Michele Pezzicoli, produces…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For September 19, 2016
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available…
“Fire The Accountants” (Inama Recent Releases)
What do you do at harvest time if you are part of a family wine business, but are highly allergic to pollen? If you’re Alessio Inama, son of Azienda Agricola Inama‘s Stefano Inama, you hoof it to the major wine markets, and take media types like me out to dinner so that we can taste…