“Why you want to keep trying? You never get it right When you could be living day for night Live my dream There’s no dancing in between Why not let it go?” – “Day for Night” by Spock’s Beard Quite often, I find myself delving into the wine sample pool and coming up empty. Not…
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A Quiet Resistance (Eyrie Vineyards Original Vines Pinot Noir, In Retrospect)
Generally speaking, when you’re attending a Pinot Noir masterclass-style tasting hosted by one of a wine region’s most historically significant properties, it’s not considered good form to giggle like an eight year-old girl. Which, of course, didn’t stop me from doing it. The trouble was, I just found the irony so damned funny, it was…
Lower Alcohol Wines Can Still Get You Sh*t-faced (What We Drank With The Greeks, Part III)
If you are under any delusions about lower (under 14% abv) alcohol wines being inherently superior to higher (15% abv and above) alcohol wines, let my recent foray into the lonesome and loathsome territory of sweating profusely from dehydration and feeling nauseous in the middle of the night be a beacon of light guiding you…
Same Old Song (Ridge Lytton Springs Recent Releases)
“We sing the same old songJust like a vintage car,You can look, but you won’t ever drive it.We drink the same old wineFrom a brand new jar,We get hung-over, but we always survive it.”– “New Song” by The Who Some tasks are just… unenviable. Take, for example, trying to say something new about iconic California…