I don’t normally read press releases that are e-mailed to me (usually they are destined for the Delete key), but this one hit my (perpetually overflowing, groaning from the strain and taxed beyond all logical, sane measure) Inbox last night and it caught my eye for reasons that will appear obvious in just a minute….
Category: wine news
Baby’s Got Malbec (Heading to the International Malbec Days in Cahors)
If you live in the U.S. (and chances are high that if you’re reading this, you are in the U.S.), then it’s likely that you’ve been drinking some low-priced Malbec wine lately. Don’t take my word for it – for some hard data on Malbec drinking trends in the U.S., you can check out a…
Putting A Cork in Cork Taint?
Last week, Vineyard & Winery Management Magazine ran a featured story titled “CORK Through the Media’s Eyes: Have wine writers put a cork in their criticism of bark stoppers?” written by WineCurmudgeon.com’s Jeff Siegel. The story (in which I’m briefly quoted) asks whether or not the natural cork stopper industry has reached the point in…
Wine Tools (‘Blood Into Wine’ to Chronicle AZ Wine Scene)
It’s often been cited that all 50 U.S. states make wine in some capacity (though not all make their wine from grapes). But outside of CA, WA, OR, and NY, only a handful of the remaining 46 states have any real public eye affixed on them in terms of seeking out quality wine. VA, PA,…