I was recently asked by my friend Lana Bortolot for a quick interview, to help contribute to a piece she was writing about the value (or lack thereof) of certifications in the wine biz. Lana’s work has subsequently been published in a well-researched and well-considered article, SevenFifty Daily’s Guide to Wine Education. My dime-store-level philosophizing…
Tag: WSET
Vacation? What Vacation?!?? (Nine Days Under The Tuscan Sun)
I’m about to do something that I haven’t really done in about ten years. No, not drink a bunch of crappy, low-end Pinot Grigio. C’mon, I’m not insane here. No, I’m talking about taking a vacation. As in, a real vacation and not one in which I actually end up visiting something like 75 wine…
1WineDude TV Episode 29: Certifiable (or “How–and Which–Wine Certifications Really Matter”)
Do wine certifications really matter? And which ones give you the most bang for the buck? Watch to find out (well, to find out my views on it, anyway). The moral of the story: experience trumps all, but certs. are a great way to enhance experience, gain knowledge, and help build that all-important network. Mentioned…
Tasting A Legend: Going to Head-to-Head with Haut-Brion 1929
“A bottle of good wine, like a good act, shines ever in the retrospect.” – Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson had it right about special wines being eminently memorable, though he forgot to add the part about how wine tasting, like a hot date, owes so much to anticipation. And as much as I like to…