While I’m in the Cheesy End-of-Year recap mood (this is the last one on 2008, I swear), and enjoying the remainder of my holiday break with my family, I thought I’d offer up my Top 5 Chateau Petrogasm reviews of 2008. If you’re not familiar with the Chateau, you can read my take on their…
Sean Minor Wines: A Wine "Speed Dating" Redux
Hey, remember the recent Wine Bloggers Conference? Not that I haven’t mentioned it a gazillion times or anything. Anyway… one of the more interesting experiments conducted on both bloggers and winery representatives was on day one of said conference, when we played a very large game of wine review “speed dating.” In summary: bloggers were…
The Surreptitious Pour: Sneaking Top Shelf Wine in the Economic Downturn
A recent article by Catherine Rampell of the New York Times really caught my attention. In it, Catherine explores the recent wine buying trend in “trading down” – buying less expensive wines rather than splurging on the really pricey stuff (read the full article). One of the interesting things she found is that wine retailers…
Looking Back on 2008: Days of Wine and (Sometimes Dead Black) Roses
As we begin 2009, and start the time-honored tradition of incorrectly dating the first few bank checks of the new year, I find that I sense a bit of a rant coming on. And this coming just after I wrote about relying on gratitude and attention (a.k.a. mindfulness) to help you truly appreciate wine as…