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The Case for Beaujolais (not Nouveau)

Date: Tue, Aug 24, 2010 Wine Tasting

Today's post is a guest post by Frank Morgan Last month I had the occasion to spend a few days in Paris at the end of a work trip in the region. Aside from the usual touristy stuff – visit to the Louvre and Eifel Tower, lots of photos I may never look at again, souvenir trinkets for those who were left at home, 10 pound weight gain due to overindulgence – I took away many random wine related observations for future blog fodder. My first, and most obvious observation – wine is ubiquitous in Paris – the local folk...

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Hug Your Local Wine Grape Farmer - Guest Post from Jennifer R. Thomson

Date: Mon, Aug 23, 2010 Wine Tasting

I know, I know – “God Bless Texas” where the cattle are bigger, the men aren’t afraid to wear hub caps on their belts, and you can’t get Chardonnay to grow worth a damn! Whoops, that’s sure to rile some of you Texans up. Farmers and ranchers don’t seem to be as much of a dwindling commodity in Texas for some reason. Here in California we’re scarce, few and far between. For some reason we aren’t the grower of choice by winemakers who instead prefer to work alongside vineyard management companies who fall into the “Big Agriculture” category managing not...

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The Wine Bottle is a Reliquary - Guest Post by Sam Klingberg

Date: Fri, Aug 20, 2010 Wine Tasting

You're rolling your eyes, but I'm serious. Judging from people's reactions to innovative wine packaging designs and marketing techniques, you could only assume that wine is a sacred object. I find that even in my young, totally bad ass perception of life, I prejudge wine based on my moderately secret desire to be a serious wine connoisseur. For instance, screw caps. Despite the affirmation of entire nations (e.g. New Zealand) and bastions of the faith (e.g. Jancis Robinson,) there are still plenty of skeptics, and we're still forced to post interminably long and boring tales about the avoidable horror of...

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The Five-Step Program to Recover Your Sense of Adventure - Guest Post by Tony Ambrosini

Date: Thu, Aug 19, 2010 Wine Tasting

We tend to take this for granted because of the era that we live in, but I am stunned by the amount of resources we have when it comes to food and wine. General information, recipes, publications, blogs…you name it. At the very least, you can find it on our good friend, the Internet. There is so much to experience that it’s really hard to keep up with it all. So that’s why I’m equally stunned when I talk to people about this subject and every now and then they tell me, “Oh, I only drink Chardonnay” or say, “I...

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Eleven Reasons to Participate in #Cabernet Day

Date: Wed, Aug 18, 2010 Wine Tasting

The Twitter machine has been all abuzz recently with talk about the upcoming #Cabernet Twitter Social Media event that is being organized by Rick Bakas. There have been a number of this type of event taking place over the last few months, and this one has the potential to break all of the standing wine social media records. All you need to participate in this event is a Twitter, Facebook, or other social media account and some Cab, but if you need some encouragement to join in, try these reasons on for size: Hundreds of people tweeting and posting about...

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It's Going to Be One of Those Weeks

Date: Mon, Aug 16, 2010 Wine Tasting

Sometimes you get to a point where you just know that there is no way that you are going to be able to get everything done that you would like to, and you need some help from some friends. This is one of those weeks for me. I like to keep you all updated on what is going on in my little wine world, and right now there's a ton on my plate. I've still got a lot of material lined up for blog posts, but with the job search heating up and another project that I'm jumping into right...

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August 13 - The Good the Bad and the Ugly - Guest Poster: SipwithMe

Date: Fri, Aug 13, 2010 Wine Tasting

This week’s Good, the Bad and the Ugly is being delivered by Tamara Belgard of Sip with Me. The air was so heavy with dirt, with every breath; it coated your mouth and throat. It was so thick with tension; you couldn’t have swallowed it if you tried. It was a week of showdowns, barroom brawls and shoot-outs between the good, the bad and the ugly and once the dust settled, it was easy to see who had the quickest hands in the west. The Good Armed with only a spatula, Bill Eyer of Cuvee Corner flipped wine reviews upside...

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Getting My Feet on California Soil

Date: Fri, Aug 13, 2010 Wine Tasting

The hardest part about relocating is the timing of trips into the perspective new job markets. Things never seem to work out in a manner that is both cost effective and time efficient. The perfect situation would be to have 5 or 6 interviews magically line up over the course of about a week, and each of those interviews be willing to wait long enough that you are able to book travel inexpensively. Alas, I've never seen this perfect storm play out, so I'm always left to try to get a little something going with at least one perspective employer,...

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Maybe We DO Need Some Stinking Badges

Date: Wed, Aug 11, 2010 Wine Tasting

By now many of you who are regular readers of my blog are aware of my past contemplations on the subject of wine scoring. While I realize that wine scoring definitely serves a purpose, and that maybe we all score wines in one way or another, I still have misgivings about the systems that we use to quantify the wine experience. Given my feelings on the subject, I was really excited when I read about a project on Paul Mabray's blog that is being headed up by several different bloggers to use a new system to score wines. Enter, the...

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What Makes a Good Social Media Campaign for a Winery?

Date: Tue, Aug 10, 2010 Wine Tasting

There have been a couple of things that got me started asking this question on my Facebook page the other day - "What kind of content do you most like to see on social media from wineries? What makes a good Facebook page from a winery?" There are lots of examples of both good and bad uses of social media within the wine industry. Jennifer Thomson from Thomson Vineyards, a social media #rockstar in her own right (see their Twitter account and blog), mentioned some bad social media behavior from six Napa wineries yesterday. The wineries are Tweeting from an...

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A Glass That Just Won't Quit - Eisch Sensis Plus Glasses

Date: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 Wine Tasting

I have a natural skepticism about manufacturer claims that I hear about new products. I work in marketing, so I may have become even more jaded than the average consumer when it comes to what I read in promotional materials. Just because I'm skeptical, doesn't mean that there aren't products that really do live up to their billing. I was recently sent samples of two Eisch glasses by Balzak Communications. One of the glasses is the standard Eisch glass, and the other is the Superior Sensis Plus series glass. The two glasses are practically identical in appearance and shape. The...

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August 6 - The Good the Bad and the Ugly

Date: Fri, Aug 6, 2010 Wine Tasting

First of all, I want to thank everyone who has given me support in my search for a job in the wine biz. You guys are all awesome. A special thanks to the guys at Wine Biz Radio for mentioning my search on their show this week. The Good Man, this is another week where I found so many Good posts that I just couldn't narrow it down to one. I actually left off some other great posts this week, but these are three of my favorites: I love it when people think outside of the box for a post,...

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What is This White Stuff Floating in My Glass?

Date: Thu, Aug 5, 2010 Wine Tasting

I love talking about wine. Those who know me can attest to the fact that I will ramble on ad nauseum about some bit of enological minutia that I'm the only one who gives a rat's ass about. Sometimes I catch myself dropping wine buzz words, seemingly with the assumption that everyone around me knows what I'm talking about. I had this experience the other day when I mentioned the tartrates floating around in a glass of Chardonnay. When you start dropping words like "tartrates" into your every day conversation, you have to expect to have the room look at...

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Cap*Rock Winery Auction Live Blog

Date: Wed, Aug 4, 2010 Wine Tasting

Who knows what has gone on behind closed doors over the last week. It has been one week since the news became official of the Gruet withdrawal from the Cap*Rock sale. Today at 2:30 pm the results of the closed bid auction will be presented to Judge Robert Jones, and we should know who the new owner of the winery will be. This entire affair has been a roller coaster ride, and a rickety wooden one at that. I've pretty much stopped guessing at what the eventual outcome will be, but Russ Kane has stated that he's talked to sources...

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