Those looking to learn amore bout Spanish wine, and who are cool with receiving a freebie (I really hope that covers most of you out there) might want to check out Far from Ordinary, a free guide to Spanish wine available through Wines From Spain. Wines From Spain is another government-funded promotional program with the…
Does the World Need Another Wine Intro Book? (Book Review: Drink This)
Well… does it? I ask myself this question whenever I receive a review copy of a wine book, which has been… a lot lately, it seems. So here comes four-time James Beard award-winner Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, and her new book Drink This: Wine Made Simple. Another entry in a (very) crowded field. It also happens…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2009-12-05
07 Castello Monaci “Piluna” Primitivo (Salento): Italy’s boot heel delivers a tasty value of spicy, peppery black fruit Zin kick to yo face! # 08 Penns Woods Traminette (PA): Gino Razzi’s attempt at a “simple” sipper instead yields semi-complex layers of pear, lychee, spice & cream. # 07 Kanonkop Pinotage (Stellenbosch): Que up ‘Funkytown’ because…
Wine.com Top 100 of 2009 and the Not-So-Changing Tide of Wine Sales
This week, Wine.com – the largest on-line wine retailer, and still everybody’s “love-to-hate-‘em” choice for performing their own self-serving wine distribution ‘sting’ operation last year – has released the third annual list of their top 100 best selling wines. The top 10 in that list potentially tell us a lot about U.S. consumer wine buying…