Most of you reading this will have heard by now that Robert Mondavi, patriarch founder of the Robert Mondavi winery enterprise, died on Friday, May 16, at the age of 94. By the time this article posts to the web, there will probably be hundreds of well-written obits. available on the Internet. Most of them…
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A Nose is A Nose is Splendor: Why Winemaking is Still More Art than Science
(images: weblogs.nrc.nl, gizmag.com.au) The AP reported an interesting tidbit recently in the world of winemaking – interesting enough to be picked up by several other news sources, anyway: Ilja Gort, the flamboyant Dutch owner of Bordeaux’s Chateau de la Garde, has insured his insured his nose (and sense of smell) with Lloyd’s of London, to…
In the News: Drinking Can Cut Risk of Heart Disease (+ Other Tidbits)
(image: healingdaily.com) Mark Fisher, who writes the Uncorked blog at the Dayton Daily News, has posted an interesting piece this week with his thoughts on a recent American Journal of Medicine alcohol study. Mark’s thoughts are always worth a read, and this article is no exception (and thanks to him as well for mentioning my…
Weekly Wine Web Wrap-up: The “Hey, What Happened To Last Week’s Edition?” Edition
(images: toyarchive.com) Alright, alright, alright – so it’s been a rough week, and rougher weekend, and Dude ended up totally missing last weeks’ edition of W4. Maybe he had one too many brewskis. And maybe made some bad decisions at the bar while jammin’ with his band homies. Let’s just agree to get over this…