Next week, a new film from former Hollywood television producer/director (and, interestingly, USAF pilot) Rudi Goldman will officially be released, titled Burgundy: People with a Passion for Wine. Goldman is a rather persistent fellow, and he impressed me by displaying a quality that I sometimes myself brag about possessing; namely, the ability to ultimately convince…
Category: wine industry events
Going All-In On Quality (Register For USBevX 2017)
There’s a new beverage event in town, pardners! I’m happy to report that registration is now open for the 2017 US BevX Wine & Beverage Expo, to be held in Washington, D.C. February 22-24. It’s targeted at beverage industry insiders, and here’s the skinny from the event organizers: This year’s theme is “The Quality Revolution”…
Rocks & Riesling Proves That Rangen Riesling Rocks
So… we were talking about Riesling Rendezvous 2016, before we were so rudely interrupted by about a week of “real life.” RR 2016 provides some concurrent sessions, during which you can listen about and, usually, taste wines from particular Riesling-producing regions. I happened to get signed up for what was called “Rocks & Riesling: Exploring…
Seaside Rendezvous, Part Deux (Highlights From Riesling Rendezvous 2016)
I, along with three or four other people (ok, it’s not that bad, it just feels that bad), profess to love Riesling, so much so that I actually purchase it with my own hard-earned cash. So I’m not the kind of wine writer to turn down a media invite to the Seattle-hosted Riesling Rendezvous event…