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- Wtn: Cocchi Barolo Chinato
The Cocchi Barolo Chinato didn't make sense. Oliveto put it on their list of dessert wines, but Barolos are big, robust, dry reds you drink with osso buco. When the waiter brought the bottle, the label said it was from Asti, but the famous city and...
- Alliance For Innovative Wine Packaging
The Alliance for Innovative Wine Packaging sent me a press release about a show they're doing at Copia on October 27. We'll be in Tampa by then, far away from Napa's food and wine center, but I'd love to hear a report from anyone who goes. I'm...
- Wine Spectator Is Arrogant
I know. It's a shock. But take a deep breath, and I'll explain. In the current issue, they've printed a letter from a reader who blames Wine Spectator for promoting monstrous wine lists, and he goes on to decry the trend. "I am not happy...
- Teaching Wine
A while back, a co-worker suggested I teach a wine class at work. She knows that I'm just the teensiest bit obsessed with wine and food (see the title of this blog), and she thought people would have fun learning how to be wine snobs. That, and there'd...
- Screw Caps
Kim Crawford's 2002 "Unoaked Marlborough Chardonnay" is a good wine, if not the standout that Sauvignon Blancs from the same region are. But it is not the wine that I want to write about, it is the bottle. More specifically, the closure. For Kim...
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Ordering Wine, The Waiter's Perspective
The excellent Waiter Rant has a good post about ordering wine. I disagree with some of his commenters, but only one of his points. As I say in the comments, when I'm approving wine I sniff, then swirl, then sniff. When you swirl, you kick up volatile compounds in the wine. This is why you swirl wine at all. But the cloud of aromas you release can obscure a subtle case of cork taint.
Regardless of this nitpicking, his list is a great read.
- Wtn: Cocchi Barolo Chinato
The Cocchi Barolo Chinato didn't make sense. Oliveto put it on their list of dessert wines, but Barolos are big, robust, dry reds you drink with osso buco. When the waiter brought the bottle, the label said it was from Asti, but the famous city and...
- Alliance For Innovative Wine Packaging
The Alliance for Innovative Wine Packaging sent me a press release about a show they're doing at Copia on October 27. We'll be in Tampa by then, far away from Napa's food and wine center, but I'd love to hear a report from anyone who goes. I'm...
- Wine Spectator Is Arrogant
I know. It's a shock. But take a deep breath, and I'll explain. In the current issue, they've printed a letter from a reader who blames Wine Spectator for promoting monstrous wine lists, and he goes on to decry the trend. "I am not happy...
- Teaching Wine
A while back, a co-worker suggested I teach a wine class at work. She knows that I'm just the teensiest bit obsessed with wine and food (see the title of this blog), and she thought people would have fun learning how to be wine snobs. That, and there'd...
- Screw Caps
Kim Crawford's 2002 "Unoaked Marlborough Chardonnay" is a good wine, if not the standout that Sauvignon Blancs from the same region are. But it is not the wine that I want to write about, it is the bottle. More specifically, the closure. For Kim...