In every blind tasting there is secret hope for fresh discovery and the eradication of closely held biases like perpetually ignored regions, varieties, producers, or vintages. While the blind tasting experience is completely unrelated to luxurious enjoyment of wine with a meal, they serve as uniquely productive platforms for continuing wine education. Recently, I shared […]
90+ Cellars Wines and Paul Bloom Pleasure Theory
Are wines that enthusiasts buy, drink, and derive pleasure from somehow linked to what they know about their origin, craftsmanship, and history? According to Yale Professor Paul Bloom’s TED talk, while it should be just as possible to enjoy a wine of unknown source and origin, it simply isn’t. The following is a really enjoyable and fascinating […]
Bordeaux Wine Cellar ROI
Bordeaux dominates my cellar inventory of wines preceding the 1995 vintage. That is nothing more than a happy fact of life for collectors with the advantage of early access to these wines prior to mind numbing price escalation. Last week at a 2000 Bordeaux tasting dinner I attended, one of the younger participants who works in […]
Moved By Wine, Food, and People
I find myself perseverating over the intersection of wine, food, and humanity on internet-less JetBlue flight #411 from Boston to San Diego. It is not as lofty a mind game as it sounds. I’ve just been thinking about how thirty-six hours at the 2012 Wine Bloggers Conference in Portland, Oregon this weekend might play out; […]
BYOB Boston Laws Defy Consumer Rights
A continued remnant of Prohibition era legislation that only helps big wholesalers prosper by locking down the market, turns Massachusetts wine collectors into criminals if they attempt to ship favorite wines to their homes across state borders; even when the wines are not for sale in Massachusetts. Bay State collectors have learned to live under […]
Sake And Wine Enthusiasm
There is new learning about my own progression along Darwin’s evolutionary scale which evidently, to some degree, has been propelled by crossing a few of the introductory borders into the world of fine sake. First century poet Otomo Tabito made an early case for sake’s role in human evolution when he wrote: O what an […]
Jean-Marc Brignot Redefines Jura Winemaking
You can sideline focusing on Jura’s Vin Jaune and Savagnin, Poulsard, and Trousseau if Jean-Marc Brignot’s Vinibrato wines move beyond their tiny production cult status stage. Think Gamay from Beaujolais, and Pinot Noir from Burgundy instead. There was a time in French history that Burgundy and Jura were joined at the hips. Only 72 miles […]
Domaine Serene and Chardonnay Tales
Chardonnay remains a tale of two worlds. One way to consider that proposition is by pondering the polarized old and new world style profiles. But even setting continental divides aside, the two tales of Chardonnay remain conflicted inside the US. I was reminded of this when the folks at Harvest PR & Marketing got in […]
Wine Blogging Wednesday #76 Wrap Up: Barossa Boomerang
The wines and writers came out from Down Under for Wine Blogging Wednesday 76, celebrating the Barossa Boomerang; a recovery of Australian wine sales in North America. Ardent Australian juice fans, real time Barossa wine travelers, Aussie wine drinkers on multi-year hiatuses, curiosity seekers, and value chasers all weighed in. Great insights into the region were […]
Rolf Binder’s 1996 Veritas Cabernet Sauvignon
How does Barossa cabernet sauvignon age? Here’s some insight based on only one example; $29.99 Rolf Binder’s 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon from his Veritas Winery. While the question deserves more exhaustive tasting with full sets of wines, this was a telling experiment using just one cabernet from a top Barossa winery. WINE BLOGGING WEDNESDAY 76: BAROSSA BOOMERANG […]
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