Master of Wine and scientist Benjamin Lewin’s non-fiction book What Price Bordeaux has a title that, unlike many non-fictional works, is meant to convey a series of meanings or themes that are touched on at some point in the body of the work itself. In this case, What Price Bordeaux refers, at turns, to The…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2010-03-27
09 Ducca del Frassino Garganega Pinot Grigio (Venezie): Crisp & refreshing if you dig aromas of artificially-flavored banana candy. $20 3L C # 07 Dancing Bull Zinfandel (CA): Easy to like, & easier to drink, though the candied red fruit on the nose might wear out the welcome. $9 C+ # 06 Brutocao Quadriga (Mendocino):…
Wine Gives Back: Relief for Haiti and Chilean Wine Workers
A few tidbits to end the week on some hopeful notes: Palate Press Kicks Ass for Haiti Relief Mad props are due to on-line wine e-zine Palate Press for their efforts (mostly spearheaded by yeoman David Honig, its Publisher) to raise money for the Red Cross’ Haiti Relief & Development activities. David organized a stellar…
Tastes of Things Before My Eyes: The Beauty of Wine, Under A Microscope
Just when you thought that wine has been analyzed form pretty much every angle possible, along comes Philadelphia native, biochemist PhD and former medical research scientist Sondra Barrett. Sondra’s journey to wine seems spiraling and circuitous: Originally a researcher on human leukemias, she was asked to photograph a patient’s leukemia cells, which lead to her…