Back on December 18th, 2013, a Sicilian dessert wine made from dried Zibibbo (aka Muscat of Alexandria) ruled the wine twitter world for an hour. Think about that for a minute. A $40 half-bottle of sweet wine. Of Zibibbo. From Sicily. I recently wrote up the top five most mentioned wines online in 2013, and…
Category: sexy wines
Finally, Someone Here Who Speaks English (Luigi Bosca And The Changing Tastes Of The World’s Wine Consumers)
By now, many of you reading this will have come across a handful of articles on the Global Interwebs proffering the idea that the current style of high-scoring, high-end fine wines (prominently oaky, complex, high on the alcohol and low on the acidity) will always reign supreme in fine wine sales, and that it’s only…
Get Lucky On Valentine’s Day With… Chianti? (Vigne delle Conchiglie Riserva 2008)
So… it’s Valentine’s Day… 8AM ET on that day, when this post will first hit the virtual airwaves… Are you sick enough of all of the bubbly and pink wine recommendations to want to rip off your own skull yet? My strong suspicion is “Yes” [ Editor’s Note: please do NOT rip off your own…
Art, Artemis, And A Cautionary Tale Of On-Line Wine Review Stickiness (Revisiting Etching Expressions)
I was recently contacted by the folks over at Etching Expressions, a service that provides custom etched wine bottles and personalized wine labels, complete with vino in bottle. They wanted to send me a sample, but not for the usual reason of hoping that it might turn into a formal review. No, this was to…