Guiding the Blind
I am a regular guest on Wines.com’s blog the Wine Crush Blog and in this installment I take on Dara Grumdahl’s technophobic non-sequitur, read on. In a column titled “No, There’s Not An App For That,” Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, author of Drink This: Wine Made Simple, expressed her consternation over always being asked to recommend her favorite...
What’s Your Favorite New Way to Learn About Wine?
The path to being a wine rockstar is littered with dead sentences, you literally need to read as much as you drink, and you need to be drinking a hell of a lot. There’s important stuff you gotta learn, like the difference between le Chambertin and simply Chambertin. You don’t want to be the fool...
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 realm of affluence. Thanks to...
Sauvignon Blanc, a Rant
- Today’s post is provided by Vidas Germanas, a complete badass who is a regular reader and commenter on Brokewino.com. He hails from Chicagoland, and when he isn’t shooing migrant hipsters off of his lawn, he enjoys fine wine and the culinary arts. During last Thursday’s WineChannelTV Wine Chat with Sam the Broke Wino –...
My Wine Predictions for 2011
I pride myself on not being a typical blogger. I strive not to write boring meta-narrative drivel such as, “So, last night I was having drinks with my boys, pounding down the PBR like I was trying to solve world hunger when I realized, over a half eaten chicken wing and a serendipitous update from...
Tuesday Link Roundup
Here are some wine links to tide your day over. Vintage America is a new series on Eater National by Talia Baiocchi. Each weekly installment will traverse through the pockmarked timeline of U.S. winemaking history. Get your wine history geek on, say goodbye to your social skills. Master of Wine, Tim Hanni, wants to know what...
