The Second Glass is kicking some ass. The Boston-area stalwarts just released their Annual Wine Guide for 2010, and it’s an impressive ‘cheat sheet’ view of high QPR wine selections. I’m not sure how they selected the wines that made the final cut to be highlighted in the buying guide, and not all of the…
China and Wine: By the Numbers
The November 23, 2009 edition of the New Yorker contains a fascinating article by Evan Osnos titled “Letter From China – Reds: The creation of a wine-loving class.” The article recounts a short period in the history of the A.S.C. Fine Wines company based in Beijing and run by two Canadians (a father-and-son team by…
Wines of Germany TasteLive Launch Event Redux – Dec. 3rd!
It’s baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack…! Wines of Germany will be launching their very own TasteLive.com events page, and to celebrate they will be kicking it off with a redux of the on-line live tasting that we’d originally scheduled for the end of October. I’ll be your blogger co-host for the on-line tasting, which will take place at 8PM…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2009-11-21
08 Santa Carolina Reserva Carmenere (Rapel Valley): Brings the QPR like Thor brought the Mjölner hammer down on those horny Nordic giants. # 07 Odfjell Armador Carmenere (Chile): Tar, spice & earthiness. Like any given patch of said earth, solid if unremarkable. # 07 Vui Manent Carmenere Reserva (Colchagua Valley): The supple mouthfeel will reward…