Remember our not-so-old friends, Volta? Seems there are a few other winemakers out there who do, too. Take Ted Henry of the newly-minted wine producers Prime Cellars in Napa. “I was in Volta‘s Winemaker Massimo’s class at UC Davis,” Ted told me. “We used to drink beers together in his Silver Oak days…” As it…
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A Local Wine Menage-a-Trois Soiree via Twitter
This exciting edition (is there any other kind?) of Tales of the Purple Monkey has Plumboo (that’s the monkey) and me taking on one wine, but in three slightly (but importantly) different ways. Last week, I participated in several Twitter Taste Live events, one of them being co-hosted by BinEndsWine.com and DrVino.com titled “Drink Local!”…
Twitter Taste Live: Drink Charitably! TONIGHT 8PM ET
Hey folks – a reminder for you that Twitter Taste Live is happening again tonight at 8PM ET. This round will be for charity, as we will be drinking and reviewing the wines of Humanitas! (details available here). Hope to see you online at twitter (you can also follow along with the action live below,…
Ditch Your Wine Tasting "Training Wheels" (The Trouble With Wine Ratings, Part 3)
“Scores are like your training wheels – hopefully you take them off at some point.” – Joel Peterson I’ve never been a big fan of wine ratings or wine scoring systems. Mostly because I don’t know anyone who speaks in ratings. Even sports fans (who, justifiably, love numbers, rankings, and comparisons) don’t really speak in…