Piling onto so-called expert wine evaluators has become all the rage lately. Remember when the California State Fair commercial wine competition judges got steamrolled (again) by data showing that blind tasting medals are awarded in a random distribution? So expert wine evaluation is all just donkey-bong bunk, right? Not so fast, Jerky. According to data…
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Pence In The Sta. Rita Hills Cross Hairs, But How’s The Wine?
Central Coast-ish California’s Pence Ranch, and its charismatic owner, Blair Pence (who, with toothy grin and cowboy hat looks every bit the part of a rancher) have been making the wine scene headlines so far in 2013, and not in a good way. To bring you up to speed on what has become the U.S….
Wine Blog Awards 2013 Nominations Now Open
Just a (very) quick hit today to let you know that the nominations for the 2013 Wine Blog Awards are now open, so head on over and submit your favorites for consideration. It might be the easiest route to upping your good karma that you’ll encounter today. Just sayin’… Now, the WBAs have been both…
Investing In Fine Wine Is For Fools
“Investing” in fine wine is a fool’s errand. As in, “greater fools” – for it is certainly a fool who hopes to sell his/her speculation to greater fools for a profit. The term greater fool is actually a pseudo-technical financial one, probably best explained in William J. Bernstein’s amazing book The Four Pillars of Investing…