August 30, 2011 Posts

Decanter has an interesting article posted today, referencing Russia's President Dimitry Medvedev's take on the problem of alcoholism in Russia.  He believes that if Russians would switch from their hard liquor of choice, Vodka, to vino that the nationwide problem of alcoholism could be alleviated....Read Full Post

When I was asked to write about my favourite wine, I thought about all the many once in a lifetime wines I have had the pleasure of trying throughout almost a decade in the wine trade. However, I am a great believer in the fact that a wine is only as good as the context

Have you ever thought about the iconic Tube maps from London or the Paris subway maps, in all their stylized glory, and how they would look applied to wine regions? Well, wonder no more. San Francisco architect and professor David Gissen worked up just such a map; now it is available for purchase as a

While my vacation may be over I am still in a drinking local state of mine. This was another I picked up at Whole Foods in Bend where I asked for a recommendation. After being asked if I preferred bigger fruit or something more elegant; when I said later I was the told this was

This year I have tried many Pinot Noirs. One consistent theme you will find is the best Pinots are not inexpensive. I am sure that fact does not surprise many Pinot lovers. However, there is a little good news from this list. At least the high prices of these recommendations are not as crazy as the best

I don’t think I’ve devoted an entire blog posting to Zinfandel, but I did a Zin flight yesterday that put me in touch with my inner Zinman, which is to say, it resurrected years of thoughts about this frustrating, inconsistent, loveable, problematic, unique and sometimes great variety of wine. I can’t recall the first Zinfandel

[Left to right: Stephanie Trotter-Zacharia, Jose Diaz, Laurin Beckhusen, and Katie Rall] Non-profit organizations are built upon volunteers. PS I Love You has a few great folks who help whenever there's a need. Our most prominent is Laurin Beckhusen. Laurin came to us offering his services as a seasoned volunteer from Zap, Family Winemakers, the...

By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Because so many people are without power and are cleaning up after the weekend's storm, we have decided to postpone our dinner at Luce & Hawkins scheduled for tomorrow Wednesday, August 31 at 7 p.m....

By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor As you probably saw earlier this morning, most of the post-Irene reports coming out of wine country are positive. I have yet to hear if any of the rain that fell on the vineyards had...

There will be over 100 choices from 20 houses in a luxurious space on Park Avenue South.

Those of you who have just been rescued from being stranded for decades in South American jungles and are now coming to grips with you strange new world that involves cellular telephones, 3D television and the Global Interwebs, might not have heard that influential wine personality and bestselling author Gary Vaynerchuk last week announced that Cop...

kitchenkonfidence:Last meal before I die | LuxirareExcept for that red sauce, fried food & a biscuit paired with sparkling wine makes for a phenomenal pairing.

gormaya:Cocktail Recipe: Peach Thyme Bellini-Gormaya | App Store | Twitter | FacebookI’m not a big fan of thyme, but I’d be willing to reconsider for this.

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