Welcome to the Weekly Wine Quiz! Based on feedback from ever-so-vocal-and-intelligent peeps like you, I do not supply the quiz answer directly in the post – you will need to tune back in later in the comments section for the answer. Which once again might be delayed, since this week I’m on the road (yes,…
Soon To Be A Cretin (Bound For Crete, Glossy Style?)
And you thought I was already there, didn’t you? About being a cretin, I mean. This week, I head out (yes, again) on the road, this time bound for the Greek island of Crete, a trip that’s been in the making in some way/shape/form with www.allaboutgreekwine.com since 2010 (we last discussed it when I visited…
Summer In The Bag: Putting Alternative Wine Packaging To The Cooler Test
In what has become an annual tradition within a tradition (which I suppose makes it some sort of Postmodern meta-tradition?), I’ve once again used my band’s appearance at the annual Summer Solstice music festival as an excuse to sneak in some “work.” The work, such as it is, involves grabbing samples of wine in alternative…
Wine + Digital: If This Doesn’t Blow Your Mind, You’re Not Paying Enough Attention
My friend Paul Mabray, of Vintank, recently gave a keynote address at an event held in Dijon, France, called “The Perfect Storm: How digital tools are forever changing the way we sell and market wine.” I didn’t attend (alas), and I’ve no affiliation with the event apart from a random one: its organizer (another friend,…