She Said “Freeze!,” He Said “Wow. Really?!?” In this (long overdue!) episode of 1WineDude TV, I (briefly) interview (the very tall) Marnie Old, Philly’s first lady of wine and co-author (with Dogfish Head’s extreme beer maven Sam Calagione) of He Said Beer, She Said Wine: Impassioned Food Pairings to Debate and Enjoy: from Burgers to…
Category: wine books
Biodynamic Wine, Mystified (Is BioDynamics A Bunch of Fertilizer?)
I have uncovered potentially serious evidence that could possibly refute the recent scientific evidence suggesting that drinking wine makes you smarter. Specifically, I offer my recent experience reading Nicholas Joly’s essay-like treatise on the hot-potato topic of Biodynamic viticulture, Biodynamic Wine, Demystified. If this is the demystified version, I’d hate to see it mystified. I…
“If I was anywhere but rural Italy, I’d feel like a total scumbag” (Guest Post by Matthew Gavin Frank)
Following is a guest post from Chicago-born poet and food-and-travel writer Matthew Gavin Frank, who is, by the account of any reasonably sane person, a very interesting guy. Frank has, at turns, held the following jobs: proprietor of an Alaskan breakfast joint menu designer for Julia Roberts’s private parties in Taos sommelier for Chefs Rick…
Uncorking “Corked: A Memoir” (The Kathryn Borel Interview)
Reading Corked: A Memoir, you may find that you don’t much like author Kathryn Borel. And it will probably have nothing to do with her being a Canadian (sorry, Canada… just poking fun at you because you won all of those Olympic hockey gold medals…). She is, by her own fearless admission, not the best…