Real Halloween horrors are not faux-frightening costumes or campy wine plays—Vampire Vineyards, Poizin Zin, or Casillero de Diablo (“Cellar of the Devil”)—tonight’s real horrors are bags of treacly treats that will generate manic sugar highs. Be afraid, be very afraid. Continue reading “Halloween 2012”
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Champagne Day
Friday, October 26, is the Third Annual International Champagne Day. Continue reading “Champagne Day”
White zin riffs
Wine drinking dramatically increases with harvest holidays. Continue reading “White zin riffs”
Wine faults
Modern techniques produce more quality wine than ever before. Alas, things still go wrong. Continue reading “Wine faults”
Washing wine glasses
The wine is the perfect pair for your fare. Then you pour into cloudy, stained stemware and visions of Bubba & Bab’s Greasy Spoon Diner dance in your guest’s head. Continue reading “Washing wine glasses”
Wine scores 5 of 5
We visited wine scoring notes past four weeks, noting wine scores by different notable wine scorers do not mean the same thing. Continue reading “Wine scores 5 of 5”
Wine scores 4 of 5
We’ve slogged through wine scores for three weeks, discovering perhaps what we thought we knew about points was off-point, maybe pointless. We push on. Continue reading “Wine scores 4 of 5”
Wine scores 3 of 5
Exploring wine scores we find wine scores from different scorers do not necessarily mean the same thing. Robert Parker’s 84 means “very good” and Wine Spectator’s 84 means “good.” Continue reading “Wine scores 3 of 5”
Wine scores 2 of 5
Robert Parker did not invent wine scores, but surely he rode numbers to heights no one dared dream before him. Continue reading “Wine scores 2 of 5”
Wine scores 1 of 5
Back in the Baby Boom 1960s, American oenophile wannabes knew almost nothing about wine. Continue reading “Wine scores 1 of 5”