Archive for the ‘Good Stuff’ Category
The Most Enthusiastic Wine Review Ever
April 15th, 2011 by Tom Johnson
Steve over at Winethropology goes rogue: What makes it so extraordinary has as much to do with the way it makes you feel as its taste. If it hits you the way it hit me, this wine will make you feel like a younger, more fashionable, fit version of yourself. The wealthy international traveler you. [...]
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Restoring Inglenook
April 14th, 2011 by Tom Johnson
Fred over at NorCalWine does a nice job on the history of the Inglenook brand, just purchased by Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola has worked to reunite the brand with the original Inglenook Estate — most of which he bought in 1975 — for more than three decades. During that time, the name that had once [...]
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Not a Scuppernong In the Bunch
March 18th, 2011 by Tom Johnson
Time magazine finds 50 decent wines, one from each state. Via.
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Fancy is as Fancy Does
March 14th, 2011 by Tom Johnson
“These pictures are all that embodies the word fancy,” says The Photoblogger — though I have to disagree, because to me the word “fancy” implies frilly lace and lavender bows. But that’s just me. Still, it’s quite a nice collection of wine-related photos.
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Yoga for Wine Lovers
March 8th, 2011 by Tom Johnson
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“That” Wine
March 7th, 2011 by Tom Johnson
Fred Swan over at NorCalWine wrestles with the very personal concept of wine value: A professional photographer told me the difference between a snapshot and a great photograph. A snapshot is only meaningful to those people who have direct, emotional ties to the memory it depicts. A great photograph can make anyone at all stop [...]
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Or, You Could Set Your Budget Higher
March 3rd, 2011 by Tom Johnson
Enobytes has 14 Ways to Drink Well on a Budget. Let me add a couple more: 15. Make broad pronouncements about the lack of quality of expensive wines you know your friends to be fond of. For example, if you know your host has a basement full of Chateau Lafite Pincay, announce that the winery [...]
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Box Wine Store
February 22nd, 2011 by Tom Johnson
From Inhabitat, a wine shop in Zurich decorated with 1,500 recycle wine boxes. Very cool.
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Open That Bottle Night on Palate Press
February 14th, 2011 by Tom Johnson
Ousted from The Wall Street Journal, Dottie and John will host Open That Bottle Night on Palate Press. That’s a big coup for publisher David Honig and his crew. OTBN is February 26, and I, personally, will open a bottle of Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel that my wife and I bought years ago while [...]
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American Mourvèdre
February 10th, 2011 by Tom Johnson
W. Blake Gray writes in the L.A. Times about Mourvèdre grown in California: Along with Bandol, France, Paso Robles may be one of the world’s few perfect sweet spots for Mourvèdre. It’s sunny and hot during the day and cooler at night. The growing season is extremely long, and there’s enough annual rainfall, because Mourvèdre vines [...]
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