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Value Bordeaux is Not an Oxymoron

The French, and Bordeaux wine in particular, have long cultivated an image of wanton elitism. The words Champagne, Luis Vuitton, and Douchebag, all carry an understanding of affluence before any mental cognizance of a product is even formed. The 2008 Bordeaux vintage, for instance, has set new standards in the...

Drink Bravely, or, A Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Crunk

This is a book review of Mark Oldman’s Brave New World of Wine (that’s what we’ll call it.) Chapter 14, page 100 had me at Vermentino. Actually, it had me at “Sprite-ing,” which is Mark’s method of smuggling white wine into theaters using a 20 oz. Sprite bottle. Here I...

An Ode to Pabst Blue Ribbon

I don’t read food blogs, but I doubt anyone has ever written an ode to toothpaste, despite the fact that this mundane product is an essential aspect of the long-term continuity of their craft. Frankly, nation, I find this a travesty of Holocaustic proportions. It’s the simple things in life...

What are the Best Android Wine Apps?

The era of the modern mobile application began with the opening of the iTunes app store on July 10th, 2008, just over two years ago. That’s an entire geological era in interweb years, but to normal people it’s just two Christmases ago. If you happen to be one of those...

Jointing a Chicken: A Moment in Vinous Clarity

Today I have the pleasure of providing some meaty content on my friend Joe’s blog, Suburbanwino.com. It’s a post that combines my love for typos, cutting shit up, mangled quotations of Henry David Thoreau, and of course, the Mâcconais. Maybe it’s about a chicken, too. What else could you want? Here’s a teaser: Chickens are...

New Zealand Wine Day at Kenmore Live Studios Chicago

Waitangi Day commemorates an agreement between the British Crown and the native New Zealanders, the Māori. Many modern Māori have protested the celebration because of alleged unfairness in the treaty. But, shoot, the only treaty that I’m aware of that we ever offered the natives here in the Americas was smallpox. But I’m no historian....

Untrodden Grapes: Millennials, Blah, Blah, Blah

There is a lot of talk about “millennials” with the suits. What do they buy!? Don’t they just download everything off bittorrent? Maybe we make a reality show where kids buy our products, in real time! So I though I should give my two cents because I am a “millennial,” according the the stodgy textbook...

Take the 80 Sips Challenge Chicago

Bottlenotes and Cheeky Chicago are teaming up to challenge our midwestern palates to taste at least six different wines from the sponsoring wineries at a few participating Chicago restaurants between now and the end of the month. If your liver emerges from January victorious, you’ll receive a $25 gift certificate toward the 80 Sips Around the...

Wine Pr0n: An Introductory Essay

Most shower heads release about two and a half gallons of water per minute. I usually take about ten minutes, you know, depending on whether or not I condition my mane, which is in the preliminary stages of ‘fro greatness. I’m doing this because that shit’s impressive. Especially when I’m tasting wine, and people want...

Value Bordeaux is Not an Oxymoron

Drink Bravely, or, A Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Crunk

An Ode to Pabst Blue Ribbon

What are the Best Android Wine Apps?

Video: Wine Shelf Collapses

Jointing a Chicken: A Moment in Vinous Clarity

New Zealand Wine Day at Kenmore Live Studios Chicago

Untrodden Grapes: Millennials, Blah, Blah, Blah

Take the 80 Sips Challenge Chicago

Wine Pr0n: An Introductory Essay

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