W. Blake Gray On Why Amazon Really Quit Wine
Some very important reporting from W. Blake Gray. For the impatient, the reason is: taxes. Read the whole post.
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Review: Bedrock 2007 Rebecca’s Pinot
March 22, 2009
With apologies to Chateau Petrogasm. Sadly Morgan is sold out of the ’07. However, head over to bedrockwineco.com and tell him Josh sent you. Maybe miracles can happen! Also, for those of you saying “WTF?” the password is: Panty solvent.
How to Make a Church Cry About Pinot
April 10, 2008
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The opening line in Steve Heimoff’s profile of Greg La Follette in New Classic Winemakers of California reads: “It has been said of Greg La Follette that he could bring a church to tears about Pinot Noir.” In the clip below you can get a bit of a feel for how he earned that reputation. [...]
The Golden Triangle
April 10, 2008
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I’ll be posting a few clips from a very cool and interesting winemaker roundtable from last month over the next few days. Sponsored by Kendall-Jackson and benefitting the Sonoma County Wine Library, Steve Heimoff (his latest book can be found here) led a discussion with some of Sonoma’s top winemakers. Today I’m featuring a quick [...]
2008 Wine Blog Awards Announced
March 31, 2008
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Tom Wark’s 2008 Wine Blog Awards winners were announced today. Tom does a great thing each year highlighting wine blogging and helping to push it into the mainstream of wine media. There’s been a bit of backlash this year for some reason though, and anonymous blogger overoaked does a fantastic job of skewering both Tom, [...]
December 3, 2009
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