If you deign to read tasting notes in this or other reviews, you encounter fervent attempts to render highly subjective sensations of nose and palate into memorable metaphors and florid adjectives. Continue reading “Wine Descriptors”
Category: Facts About Wine
Pick a proper pairing
Too many people make a big deal about food-wine pairing. God bless them, they mean well. Continue reading “Pick a proper pairing”
Top brands
Intangible Business evaluates business intangibles. Continue reading “Top brands”
Bottle Shapes
By Gus Clemens
You may not be able to judge a book by its cover, but you can tell a bit about wine by its bottle. Continue reading “Bottle Shapes”
Bottle Punt
By Gus Clemens
We all know punt is what a football team does when it fears it cannot make first down on fourth down, but what’s the deal with that dimple in bottom of a bottle (officially called a “punt” or a “kick up”)? Continue reading “Bottle Punt”
Bottle Colors
By Gus Clemens
Ninety-nine bottles of wine on the wall, ninety-nine bottles of wine. Take one down, pass it around, ninety-eight bottles of wine on the wall.
If there are that many bottles, chances are very good they are different shapes and colors. Why? Continue reading “Bottle Colors”
Avoiding Wine Embarrassment
By Gus Clemens
Those of us who prefer wine imagine we are superior to people who enjoy spirits or beer.
It does not reflect well on us, but it has been true since Greeks spread wine culture seven millennia ago. The disposition to be obnoxious about our chosen libation is part of our cultural DNA. Continue reading “Avoiding Wine Embarrassment”
Bottle Age
Pantheonic wine authorities-Robert Parker, Wine Spectator, Jancis Robinson, Stephen Tanzer, et al – sometimes pontificate a wine “will deliver greatest pleasure after 10-to-20 years in bottle.” Continue reading “Bottle Age”
Wine Numbers
Whatever you may think of them, wine scores helped make U.S. the world’s top wine consuming country. Continue reading “Wine Numbers”
Internet Extortion
We already know, thanks to human nature, the internet can be wonderful, the greatest communications tool since Gutenberg played around with type. It also can be a savagely cruel and ruthlessly greedy place. Continue reading “Internet Extortion”