Quasi-Rant: The Winery Fire of Expectations
A great deal of wine appreciation has to do with our early wine indoctrination and whatever the current, ever-changing cultural Hot Thang was when we were at our most impressionable.
The Pour Fool
Veteran writer, Steve Body, on beer, wine, spirits, the Business Of, and those who make them…
Naked Self-Promotion Check-In: My Store on TeePublic!
This post is your introduction to the wonders of TeePublic and the (alleged) wit of this one Fool. Come back frequently, okay…’cause, well, y’know…money.
What I Learned in Canada, Two. The Tastings.
If you enjoy beer and wine and any kinds of distilled booze, definitely make plans to get up to Vancouver Island, like NOW.
What I Learned in Canada, One
Somewhere along their evolution, Canada grew up. They looked around at their situation and looked at ours and said, “Nah, let’s not.”
Your Buying Guide for the Zombie Apocalypse: A Proposal
If you like having the choices and don’t want to lose the privilege of having options AND great, fun visits to local breweries, wineries, and distilleries, KEEP GOING BACK AND BUYING BOOZE.
Panthera Chard: Hess Slays the Tedium
The Hess Collection “Panthera” Russian River Valley Chardonnay is a swoon-inducing, sexy, lavish, eye-popping Wow Wine; one of the two or three best of the Semi-Old School California Chards I’ve tasted in the past ten years
Headwind: Knocked Sideways…by VODKA!
In a few years the name “Headwind” should mean the same thing as “Grey Goose” and “Tito’s” and the other best-selling brands, when it is heard or read by American Vodka lovers.
Deschutes “Luna Jo”: Happily Married
If you are going to push hard on the stylistic envelope and try to marry Lagers with Java, Luna Jo is what you pray you come out with.
