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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.
- Tiny Batty Things.
First - can anyone tell me why uploading photos from Picassa to Blogger is no longer a thing that works? I don't like fighting with technology... Second - Black Bat Chocolate Truffle Ice Cream. Folks on Tumblr designated July as Cass Cain month....
- Black Box Wines
The carton is tall and black. A gold, Art Deco typeface spells out the wine's name: Black Box. Inside the box, a slick, clear plastic bladder squishes about as you push your finger down on the liquid inside. Is this the future of house wine? I know...
- 2004 Parducci "true Grit" Petite Sirah, Mendocino, California
If you don’t read many other food and wine blogs, you may have forgotten about Wine Blogging Wednesday, the monthly, Internet-wide tasting event. I typically forget about the event until I see everyone else’s posts, at which point it’s...
- Guest Contributor Derrick Schneider...
The current issue of The Wine News features an article by me about old vine wine (primarily Zinfandel). Longtime readers will note the irony of me writing about California wines. I tend to agree with the sentiment that California wine is more about...
- 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...
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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 ship was set to steer into a sun) might be out of Riedel's new all-black glasses. Here's the Wine Spectator article.
Doesn't seem like they'd have much use outside of a blind tasting, but I'd love to see one.
- Tiny Batty Things.
First - can anyone tell me why uploading photos from Picassa to Blogger is no longer a thing that works? I don't like fighting with technology... Second - Black Bat Chocolate Truffle Ice Cream. Folks on Tumblr designated July as Cass Cain month....
- Black Box Wines
The carton is tall and black. A gold, Art Deco typeface spells out the wine's name: Black Box. Inside the box, a slick, clear plastic bladder squishes about as you push your finger down on the liquid inside. Is this the future of house wine? I know...
- 2004 Parducci "true Grit" Petite Sirah, Mendocino, California
If you don’t read many other food and wine blogs, you may have forgotten about Wine Blogging Wednesday, the monthly, Internet-wide tasting event. I typically forget about the event until I see everyone else’s posts, at which point it’s...
- Guest Contributor Derrick Schneider...
The current issue of The Wine News features an article by me about old vine wine (primarily Zinfandel). Longtime readers will note the irony of me writing about California wines. I tend to agree with the sentiment that California wine is more about...
- 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...