As sunny California is still reeling from having to accept that the Philadelphia Eagles are conclusively, unarguably the greatest team in the NFL at the moment, even more bad news has hit the state’s wine industry—and, by extension, the USA’s wine industry (which California production volume dominates almost as much as the Birds dominated the…
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Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 7 (In Which I Award An A+ to TWO Wines… WHAT?!?)
Usually, the 1WD wine sample pool is, as my daughter likes to describe my cooking, “adequate.” What I mean is, most of the wine samples that I receive are pretty good, if not get-you-all-diddy-like exciting; occasionally I get a sample that’s an utter dud, and occasionally I pop open a sample that’s delightfully surprising. Rarely,…
Return To Forever (Immortal Estate’s Inaugural Release)
Sometimes, the wine business is a very, very small place. Also, I am about to talk about jellyfish. You’ve been warned… While in San Francisco recently for the SF International Wine Competition (more on the results of that in a couple of weeks), I caught up with wine marketing maven Tim Martin. Longtime 1WD readers…
Lights, Camera, Non-Douchebaggery (Ehlers Estate Recent Releases)
“I was delayed, I was way-laid An emergency stop I smelt the last ten seconds of life…” – The Smiths, “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before“ Sometimes getting a late start can be a good thing. At least, that’s the kind of thing that I like to tell myself when I…