Just a quick hit to let you know that the Winter 2015 edition of Publix Grape Magazine should soon be available (if not already), and that I’ve once again penned the In Focus section (as well as some other items in that issue). This time, In Focus focuses on screwtop closures, with some insights from…
Millennials Aren’t Changing Wine – Access To Information Is
If you read Lettie Teague’s recent WSJ column entry, titled How Millennials Are Changing Wine, you will find some interesting data suggesting that Millennials are not, in fact, changing wine nearly as much as many of us think that they are. First, you’ll have to wade through polemics such as the opening quote from New…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For November 9, 2015
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…
By The Books, Buy The Books (November 2015 Wine Product Roundup)
When it comes to wine books, there’s a lot of printed material available that make excellent cases for protecting the world’s forest land and leaving it untouched for our children’s children’s children. I know this because I receive those books as review copies for consideration with nearly as much frequency as I receive wine samples…