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....
Last Night’s #WineChat
Last night was fun. I had fun, at least. I was also a complete asshole, and I hope none of you assholes were fact checking my bullshit. Like when I called Valdobbiadene a D.O.C. when it is in fact, a D.O.C.G. Or when I corrected Jess’ perfectly acceptable pronunciation of Auslese. Or how about when I lauded...
Sam on #WineChat with Jess of Wine Channel TV
What are you doing tonight? Watching #WineChat, duh! I’ll be gossiping with Jess from Wine Channel TV tonight at 8 CST on WinchannelTV.com/WineChat. We’ll be drinking bubbly to celebrate the new year and talking complete B.S. Okay, maybe not complete. There will be some serious wine discussion going on. So login, get your bubbly out, and join in...
Ring in the Beaujolais Vintage at Vertigo Sky Lounge
“Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé!” Two weeks from today is the release of the Beaujolais Nouveau, the most exciting day in winedom, also the most maligned. Some people just don’t like to party. To be fair, the reason most wine snobs scoff at the juice is because of the low quality that Beaujolais Nouveau usually brings...
Norwood Park Historical Society 2010 Wine Fest
On September 11th, if you’re not at therapy or busy spewing bile the interwebz wide about the Ground Zero Mosque, you could go taste some wine. Norwood Park Historical Society is hosting their annual wine fest from 4 to 7 pm on September 11th, offering over 50 different wines, hors d’oeurves, cheeses, and ridiculous fun...
“Powerful Elegance” – The Wines of Ribera Del Duero
A few weeks ago, I was able to spend some time hanging out on the 33rd floor of the W Lakeshore tasting wines from Ribera del Duero with April Cullom and the Drink Ribera team. We started off with a presentation about Ribera and a special tasting of two wines from Vega Sicilia, one of...
