Tonight marks the finale of the month-long salute to German wines taking place at TasteLive. October has more-or-less been “Riesling Month” for me (not that I don’t drink Riesling pretty much every month) in helping to get the word out about the events being hosted by TasteLive and Wines of Germany. Tonight’s twitter tasting event,…
Riesling, Rocks, and Magic: The Effects of Soil on Aroma
At this point, most anyone who has listened to me speak (or read my blog posts) about Riesling for more than six seconds is (painfully) aware of my love-affair with the noble wine grape, I consider it probably the greatest white wine variety due to its uncanny ability to retain a signature while also elegantly…
Take The Power Back: Have Your Say on Hot Wine Topics!
The rage is relentless We need a movement with a quickness You are the witness of change And to counteract We gotta take the power back Sometimes I wonder if the Internet should have a theme song. I’d nominate Rage Against The Machine’s Take The Power Back, given the possibilities of democratization that the connected…
Holiday Wine Pairing Hangover? Get Some Relief in the New Issue of Mutineer Mag!
This week, we begin what school children in the U.S. have long considered the holy triumvirate of holiday respite, rivaled only by the extended time away from school called Summer Vacation. For this week, the oft-exploited holidays of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas attack us in quick bursts of targeted marketing succession. Now that I’m older,…