Friday, 20 January 2012

Wine Blogging Wednesday Returns January 18, 2012

It doesn’t seem possible that it has been nearly 7 years since I started participating in Wine Blogging Wednesday our virtual wine tasting event which has been infrequent for the past 18 months or so. And that’s a shame since the wine blogging community seems a bit more fragmented than back in 2005 when I [...]

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Sinskey Smith Madrone Tablas Creek Talley Whitehall Lane

First Impressions of Virginia Wine ? Wine Bloggers Conference

It was also fun to hear several references to the Napa Valley. Once again as in Washington bloggers conference a year ago everyone is shooting to topple the king. I don?t see any Virginia wines available where I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Much of it is consumed in Virginia and much makes its way to Canada and the U.K. Ther is much more to learn about Virginia wines as the wine bloggers conference rolls along.
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Sémillon Gewürztraminer Muscat Viognier Roussanne

Honest Cooking: A Digital Food & Wine Magazine

On Monday of this week a new online food and wine magazine, Honest Cooking,�launched. An�audacious�experiment in group blogging led by�Kalle Bergman, the site features the writing of over 50 food and wine writers from around the globe. And I am pleased to be a small part of the staff, writing a few posts each week [...]

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Fisher Foxen Girard Groth Keenan Cab

1 picture might not be enough in today?s fast paced world

A picture is worth a 1000 words, or so the saying goes. Personally, I’m starting to think this idea is outdated in today’s world and even more so in relation to the photos you post online. Today, with every gadget and gizmo in your pocket having the capability to snap a photo, upload it and [...]

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Muscat Viognier Roussanne Marsanne Albariño

Ten @ 10: Food so good they have to dance

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Rochioli Rosenblum St. Clement Staglin Stag\\\'s Leap

Thursday, 19 January 2012

When Judges Tell the Truth About the Wine Industry

Yesterday a federal court issued a decison in a wine related case. Consumers and Free Trade lost in this case, one that probably should never have been brought. However, within the final ruling by the three justices that heard the...

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Nebbiolo Barbera Tempranillo Dolcetto Malbec

Wine is a thread running through our lives

Last evening I participated in a Twitter tasting of Bordeaux wines. One of the producers in the tasting had acted in a short film and a link to it was tweeted out. I bookmarked the link and returned to it today for a look mostly out of curiosity and was pleasantly surprised with what I [...]

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Rose Alex. Vall. Vyds Andrew Murray Arrowood Beckmen