Durante la segunda semana de octubre se ha llevado a cabo un año más la fiesta del cava en la capital del país del cava, comenzando por el popular CAVATAST, donde los amantes del cava tienen la oportunidad de probar de una sola vez diversos y diferentes cavas, en su mayor parte de pequeñas cavas [...]
So my trip to Oregon in July was a pinot-drenched journey–literally.
Because I was flying on United, I was a little wary. A previous commenter on this site had noted that the airline had confiscated his wine even though it was in his checked luggage. (Their policy now states that all wine in the hold [...]
As many of you set out on drives for this holiday weekend, consider this conundrum from our recent trip.
As wine geeks are wont to do, we brought a case plus a few bottles on our Adirondack adventure. The wines were from different producers and I bought them from different retailers. We had enjoyed several [...]
As many of you set out on drives for this holiday weekend, consider this conundrum from our recent trip.
As wine geeks are wont to do, we brought a case plus a few bottles on our Adirondack adventure. The wines were from different producers and I bought them from different retailers. We had enjoyed several [...]
Once again a massive gap since the last post. At least it wasn’t a year this time!
I have been writing a few things for www.catavino.net, so check that blog out. I guess for the time being that’s were I’ll be posting. I really don’t have the time to maintain my own blog full-time, so it [...]
As the summer winds down, a few more events start up for my book, Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink. I hope to see you at one of the events!
August 31: Palmer Vineyards, Aquebogue, on the North Fork of Long Island, 11:30 AM. A talk with host [...]
With convention season now upon us, Eric Arnold and I got in the mood and tasted some wines from blue states and the more difficult–viticulturally speaking–red states over on Forbes.com (with videos!).
With California, Washington, and Oregon making something like 95 percent of American wine and coming up as blue on the electoral map, the [...]
Mike Steinberger posted a piece to Slate.com on Friday detailing the folly French appellation politics (entitled “How Bureaucrats Are Wrecking French Wine”). I’m glad to see the topic getting a broader airing since it is at the heart of my book, Wine Politics, which Mike kindly mentions. But go check out the article and see [...]
Thanks so much for the reactions to my op-ed, “Drink Outside the Box,” in Monday’s NYT. The interest astonishingly drove it to the #1 most emailed story on nytimes.com! With the interest has also come reactions and I thought a post was in order to respond to some of the many important issues you raised [...]
If you decided to get a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for you restaurant wine list, what would you need? The answer according to Robin Goldstein is $250 and Microsoft Word. Restaurant not actually required.
Goldstein, the author of The Wine Trials, has a posting up on a new web site describing how he invented [...]
