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Wine, Sex, and Pinot Noir (Pinot Days Revisited)
Those of you playing along at home last week probably noticed the attempt to hold a Twitter Taste Live event meant to coincide with the culmination of Pinot Days. The idea was to taste four California Pinot Noir wines, and (of course) ‘tweet’ about the…
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Guess What? You’re White! – American Winemaking’s Diversity Crisis
Will a lack of diversity hurt the winemaking industry in the future? Hey wine lovers and winemakers – Let me tell you a little about you. Chances are, you’re white. Or, I should say, chances are you’re not black – especially if you’re a winemaker…
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Will Work for Wine (Alice Feiring & Who Really Killed Wine Writing)
It’s no secret that writing, as a paid vocation – whether about wine or any other subject – is a becoming a bit of an endangered species. Never has this situation been so acute as it has in today’s economy, which is utterly dreadful for…
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Will Whore for Wine: An Interview with The Wine Whore
Back in April I wrote about my perception of the intended audience of wine blogs and wine writing, which at times seemed (to me) to be other writers and bloggers instead of wine consumers. In that article, I also postulated that some of that “inbred…
