I was recently contacted by Doug Pike, the cartoonist whose wine-related humor has been published on the subscription-only portion of eRobertParker.com for about four years now. Doug has released a collection titled Gone With The Wine, which pulls together about 100 of the cartoons that appeared on Parker’s website (Parker supplies the book’s foreword). Doug…
Sub-terroir Rhônesick Blues = Awesome
The video embedded below, featuring Bonny Doon’s irrepressible Randall Grahm, is just… well, it’s just awesome. Fans of Grahm’s style of humor and his approach to wine-making will no doubt find much to appreciate in this satirical homage to Dylan. Those of you among our readers who are actually making wine may find some of…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2009-11-28
07 Saunter Petite Sirah (Napa Valley): Very big, very dark, & very good. Feed this beast some grilled bison steak & roasted potatoes. # 07 Verge Syrah (Dry Creek Valley): Excellent vintage & it shows. These luscious blackberries have some funky dirt on 'em – lucky for us. # 07 Olsen Ogden Pinot Noir (Russian…
Home To Roast (Slow Cookin’ and Wine Pairin’)
So much turkey talk when it comes to wine this time of year, and yet so little talk of the turkey. What I mean is, for all of the holiday wine pairing help that we can find this time of year, very little of it actually centers around The Bird. The culinary hub & spoke…