Archive for the ‘Correspondence’ Category
This Conversation’s Been Going On for a While. Isn’t It About Time Someone Called Someone Else a Nazi?
December 6th, 2009 by Tom Johnson
The Good Grape opines at length on my Isolated Blogger meme (here and here) and inspires smart comments, plus one from me. You know: just to break things up.
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Up From Comments: Bandol Value and Cellar Theory
September 29th, 2009 by Tom Johnson
Regular commentor Wally, who knows his stuff, suggests that Bandol is not a good value:
Good wine but rotten price/value ratio…Better to look for wines from Nimes where you don’t have to pay jet set prices for great wines.
I retort: It depends on how you look at it.
The price point for red Bandol is generally between [...]
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Wine and Football
September 25th, 2009 by Tom Johnson
The Wine Whore contemplates real men and wine-drinking:
You are hanging out with your friends, maybe even watching football and the subject of wine comes up. There is always someone who laughs and says that wine is only for women…Have you ever felt uncomfortable admitting that you enjoy a nice cool glass of wine as much [...]
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Because I Really Want This to Turn Into a Canned Wine Blog
August 6th, 2009 by Tom Johnson
Wine in a can is apparently more viable when Paris Hilton doesn’t endorse it. A correspondent writes:
You may want to check out Wildpelican.com, which is all the rage in Europe right now. Not available in the USA yet, but all the hip millenians (sic) are gulping down Wild Pelican in a can in the [...]
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