Uhm, like what is this stuff? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine sample tasting notes via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be fun, quickly-and-easily-digestible reviews. Below is a wrap-up of the twitter reviews from the past week…
Tasting 40 Years Of A Tawny Port Icon
“Billy C. is drinking Sandeman Port down at the old café And the river goes by slowly, the river likes it that way.” – The Knuckleball Suite, Peter Mulvey In the world of wine, there are a few images that stand the test of time and can truly be described as iconic, instantly conjuring up…
Are Wine Critics “Wasting” Points On A Wine’s Color?
Well… are they? Some background: Wine critics generally use a 100-point scale when evaluating wines (I know most of you know this, bear with the exposition, people!). I don’t, because I think it implies a level of accuracy in evaluating a moving-target product (that can change within hours in the glass, let alone within years…
Guitar Aficionado’s Winter 2011 Issue Takes On Wine And Rockers
Looks like I’m far from the only one with a penchant for interviewing rock stars about their vinous habits: the Winter 2011 issue of Guitar Aficionado has been dubbed “The Wine Issue” with interviews with wine-making and wine-collecting rockers – and it prominently features a (pretty cool) guitar-shaped decanter on the cover (see inset pic)….