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- Tete De Cuvee Rose Tasting
As a wine writer, I get invited to a lot of tastings. As a person with a full-time job, I don’t go to all of them. I disregard some, hope to make some — and then can’t — and occasionally find myself at one. Then there are the tastings...
- Which Glass Is Best For Kool-aid?
Last Friday, the San Francisco Chronicle ran a big ad for Riedel stemware, disguised as an article about the way that the shape of a glass affects the taste the wine. I love my Riedel glasses, but author Richard Hacker forgot to ask some interesting questions. What...
- Crystal For The Dark Star
The Dark Star was an all-black ship featured in Douglas Adams's classic Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. Black buttons, black lights, the works. If one were to be a passenger on the ship, the best way to drink some wine before you died...
- The Riedel Taste Test
Wine brings out the snob in otherwise normal people. And few things evoke more snobbery in the world of wine accessories than Riedel wine glasses. The whole idea of Riedel crystal is that it is tailored for the particular grape, directing the flow of...
- Entertain Meme - All Those Sparkles...
Sometimes, I don't feel like sharing my food. I mean, I'm all for unpretentious serving on big platters and putting pots straight on the table, here, serve yourselves. But. Sometimes, I want something that's mine, and noone elses. My bowl,...
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Clinking Glasses
Why do we clink glasses during a toast? It's not to prove the wine isn't poisoned, says urban legend debunking site Snopes.com. Read their explanation of this tradition.
- Tete De Cuvee Rose Tasting
As a wine writer, I get invited to a lot of tastings. As a person with a full-time job, I don’t go to all of them. I disregard some, hope to make some — and then can’t — and occasionally find myself at one. Then there are the tastings...
- Which Glass Is Best For Kool-aid?
Last Friday, the San Francisco Chronicle ran a big ad for Riedel stemware, disguised as an article about the way that the shape of a glass affects the taste the wine. I love my Riedel glasses, but author Richard Hacker forgot to ask some interesting questions. What...
- Crystal For The Dark Star
The Dark Star was an all-black ship featured in Douglas Adams's classic Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. Black buttons, black lights, the works. If one were to be a passenger on the ship, the best way to drink some wine before you died...
- The Riedel Taste Test
Wine brings out the snob in otherwise normal people. And few things evoke more snobbery in the world of wine accessories than Riedel wine glasses. The whole idea of Riedel crystal is that it is tailored for the particular grape, directing the flow of...
- Entertain Meme - All Those Sparkles...
Sometimes, I don't feel like sharing my food. I mean, I'm all for unpretentious serving on big platters and putting pots straight on the table, here, serve yourselves. But. Sometimes, I want something that's mine, and noone elses. My bowl,...