On February 26-28, the ginormous Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York will be overrun by equally ginormous 3rd Annual New York Wine Expo. While the Expo plays host to the wine trade, it also offers wine consumers a unique opportunity to sample a boatload of wines during the Feb 26 & 27 (Friday…
Turning Pro? (Professional Wine Writers Symposium & Premiere Napa)
Last week, I had the pleasure of receiving an e-mail from Jim Gordon, all-around nice & talented guy, editor of the wine industry stalwart publication Wines & Vines, and Director of the Symposium for Professional Wine Writers, containing the following tidbit: “Congratulations! The winners of fellowships for the 2010 Symposium for Professional Wine Writers at…
“Fun and Messy and Wonderful” – An Interview With Buehler Vineyards’ Helen Buehler
Earlier this month, a guest on Gary Vaynerchuk’s Wine Library TV caused a bit of a stir. That is, if you consider over 550 comments and an eight-page forum thread devoted to the episode “a bit of a stir.” The guest was Helen Buehler, who is a member of the family behind Buehler Vineyards, whose…
Carrot-Top Elegance: The Inaugural Releases of Rossi-Wallace
I should just cut to the chase and tell you that the first releases from Rossi-Wallace border on beguiling, and that you should buy them now if you can, especially given their limited production. But that’s just downright boring, right? So, I feel obligated to kind of, you know, spruce it all up a bit….