Best Wine Blog Posts for March 8th through March 14th

Date: Sun, Mar 15, 2009 Wine Tasting Wine Business

Best of the wine blogosphere for March 8th through March 14th: Capitalism, Karma and Building Juju in a Down Economy RSVP Now for the Biggest TTL Event Ever! Wine & Spirits Restaurant Poll I Hate The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Robert Parker’s Bitch Paper Tigers, Barriers to Entry and the 2009 Wine Blog Watch List Best Wine Blog Posts for March 8th [...]

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Do Critics Still Determine Wine Styles?

Date: Sat, Mar 14, 2009 Wine Tasting Wine Business

By way of Josh Hermsmeyer, I found Tina Caputo’s fantastic self-produced short film, “Robert Parker’s Bitch.” The basic premise is that wines today are big, bold, and over-oaked designed, ‘…to taste and spit,” and not savored with food. The question on the table is if Robert Parker and Jim Laube largely determine today’s wine styles [...]

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Do Critics Still Determine Wine Styles?

Date: Sat, Mar 14, 2009 Wine Tasting Wine Business

By way of Josh Hermsmeyer, I found Tina Caputo’s fantastic self-produced short film, “Robert Parker’s Bitch.” The basic premise is that wines today are big, bold, and over-oaked designed, ‘…to taste and spit,” and not savored with food. The question on the table is if Robert Parker and Jim Laube largely determine today’s wine styles [...]

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In Search of Authentic Wine

Date: Tue, Mar 10, 2009 Wine Tasting Wine Business

I watched a documentary on food last night that changed the way I look at the raw materials of my meals. Politics aside, I think we have a problem right now that will take a long time to sort out. And in the meantime, I’m going to spend more time looking into the providence of [...]

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In Search of Authentic Wine

Date: Tue, Mar 10, 2009 Wine Tasting Wine Business

I watched a documentary on food last night that changed the way I look at the raw materials of my meals. Politics aside, I think we have a problem right now that will take a long time to sort out. And in the meantime, I’m going to spend more time looking into the providence of [...]

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Get Well Wishes For Brian Clark

Date: Mon, Mar 9, 2009 Wine Tasting Wine Business

This morning I learned Grape Radio co-host Brian Clark was involved in a serious car accident over the weekend. His co-host, Jay Selman, called earlier this afternoon to let me know Brian is stable and improving after operations to repair internal injuries. I’ve known Brian since before Grape Radio started in January 2005 and have shared [...]

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Get Well Wishes For Brian Clark

Date: Mon, Mar 9, 2009 Wine Tasting Wine Business

This morning I learned Grape Radio co-host Brian Clark was involved in a serious car accident over the weekend. His co-host, Jay Selman, called earlier this afternoon to let me know Brian is stable and improving after operations to repair internal injuries. I’ve known Brian since before Grape Radio started in January 2005 and have shared [...]

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Best Wine Blog Posts for March 2nd through March 6th

Date: Sun, Mar 8, 2009 Wine Tasting Wine Business

Best of the wine blogosphere for March 2nd through March 6th: Vinography and the American Wine Blog Awards Napa wine prices: Some advice to wineries March Book Club: Adventures on the Wine Route American Wine Blog Award Winners WINE CLUB FAIL Wine drinking is up but wine sales are down? Vin de Napkin - Sign ‘O The Times x 4 Serve or Die: [...]

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Best Wine Blog Posts for March 2nd through March 6th

Date: Sun, Mar 8, 2009 Wine Tasting Wine Business

Best of the wine blogosphere for March 2nd through March 6th: Vinography and the American Wine Blog Awards Napa wine prices: Some advice to wineries March Book Club: Adventures on the Wine Route American Wine Blog Award Winners WINE CLUB FAIL Wine drinking is up but wine sales are down? Vin de Napkin – Sign ‘O The Times x 4 Serve or Die: [...]

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Review: Wine Enthusiast Guide for iPhone

Date: Mon, Mar 2, 2009 Wine Tasting Wine Business

Back when the iPhone App Store launched last July I did a search for wine applications. At the time there were just a handful of choices, most of them for taking notes which I wrote up as a first look post. A search today turns up about 30 wine apps with an array of choices [...]

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Review: Wine Enthusiast Guide for iPhone

Date: Mon, Mar 2, 2009 Wine Tasting Wine Business

Back when the iPhone App Store launched last July I did a search for wine applications. At the time there were just a handful of choices, most of them for taking notes which I wrote up as a first look post. A search today turns up about 30 wine apps with an array of choices [...]

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Best Wine Blog Posts for January 19th through March 1st

Date: Sun, Mar 1, 2009 Wine Tasting Wine Business

Best of the wine blogosphere for January 19th through March 1st: Hey dude, that wine stinks! The Passing of the American Wine Blog Awards SITT Tasting in London and an Interview with Jamie Goode from the Wine Anorak When egalitarianism becomes elitist: In defense of purple prose The Best Cabernet In Napa: Tasting Premiere Napa Valley 2009 Pedro Ximenez: A Wine [...]

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Winecast, The Business Blog

Date: Wed, Feb 25, 2009 Wine Tasting Wine Business

It’s funny how things work out sometimes. What started over 4 years back as one man’s hobby to post audio wine tasting notes has grown into one of the four, “Best Wine Business/Industry” blogs for this years American Wine Blog Awards. I’m honored — and very surprised — to the in the company of some of [...]

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The Trouble With “Wine Films”

Date: Fri, Feb 20, 2009 Wine Tasting Wine Business

Since the movie “Sideways” in 2004, filmmakers have been trying to create movies that would evoke a similar response with audiences. “Sideways” became an independent film sensation that also intensified demand for Pinot Noir, and the opposite for Merlot, in the U.S. market. Most reviews, including my own, were positive for the film particularly in how wine was depicted.  Time passed and other projects were [...]

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