Posted in travel, wine industry, tagged Hot Picks, Nicole Drummer, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, Surfrider Foundation, Tom Leykis on May 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So after a surreal couple of days–wherein I found myself lost briefly on the back lots of Paramount studios where I was to be a guest on the Tasting Room by Tom Leykis (check out the link to the Memorial Weekend Event podcast)–I’m once again in Los Angeles, the sprawling city and twisting highways of [...]
Posted in natural wine, wine industry, winemaking, tagged books, Patrick Matthews, Real Wine, wine journalism on February 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Real Wine was ahead of its time when it was first published in the year 2000. And by choosing to focus on a broad movement within the wine industry to return to more traditional methods of winemaking and viticulture (all valid and relevant issues today), it remains an important read for any serious and intellectually [...]
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 [...]
Posted in friday linkfest, humor, wine education, wine industry on December 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
