Posted in friday linkfest, wine, tagged Add new tag, biodynamics, Classic Japanese Cars, Datsun, Fermentation, Josh Greene, Peter Liem, Wine & Spirits on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I couldn’t resist that title, sorry.
Maybe it’s because I grew up in the southern Californian auto business, but I’ve always had a place in my heart for classic Japanese cars. I even drive one, the 1976 Datsun 280 ZX seen below pulled off to side of highway 128 in Anderson Valley.
Anyway, the New York Times [...]
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Posted in friday linkfest, music, tagged Coachella, Jancis Robinson, Jonathon Gold, LA taco trucks, Mario Batali, Prince, Radiohead, San Francisco pizza, wine writers parasites on April 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
(Above: The Golden Gate Bridge and entrance to San Francisco Bay as seen from the Marin Headlands.)
I snapped this picture about a year ago during a long ride on a day much like this past Saturday–no big container ships this time, although my friend and I did see a beautifully restored B-17 Flying Fortress soaring [...]
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Rain, water and cooking oil
Greetings from soggy San Francisco! While the recent storms wreaked havoc on the roadways and knocked out power to thousands, the good news is that rainfall levels (and the Sierra snowpack) are somewhat near normal. So, we have temporary reprieve from drought; although that’s no excuse for extended Hollywood showers, [...]
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Posted in friday linkfest, italy, san francisco, wine industry, tagged Best Burrito, Best Meat, gentrification, Graziano Cecchini, kink.com, Mavericks, mozzarella, Rome, San Francisco Neighborhoods, Spanish Steps, the Hub, Trevi Fountain, Wine Fraud, Zeitgeist on January 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Haven’t done a linkfest in a while (see previous post for my excuse), so this one’s over due. But I am managing to get it together on a Friday! And I haven’t been drinking either! So, on we go…
Naming Game
We here at the W&S west coast hq often amuse ourselves by looking out the window [...]
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Okay, I’m getting closer to posting the linkfest on a Friday, although you wouldn’t know it with yet another Saturday posting. Anyway, a short one this week, but all good stuff.
San Francisco’s Skyline Fever
If you live in San Francisco or have visited anytime in the past two years, you’ll have noticed the numerous cranes [...]
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Friday’s linkfest happens on Saturday this week. Oh, the holidays. Busy anyone?
The sky is falling. And falling into my glass. At first glance this Wired article about meteorite impacts on the ancient Earth might not seem to have much to do with the concept of terroir. However, as I thought more about it, and [...]
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A Friday Linkfest!
So what does “Old Vines” mean anyway? I guess it depends on your definition of “old”. Tom Wark, over at his always engaging blog Fermentation, posted today about Yalumba’s Old Vine Charter, which is an attempt (and a pretty good one if you ask me) to try and define this category.
From Yalumba’s Old [...]
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