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- Where Does Wine Lingo Come From?
Mike Steinberger has an interesting piece at Slate about how the modern wine tasting note, the "cherry-and-berry" style to use his term, came about. I have struggled to make my tasting notes readable, both here and in print, but I grew up in the "list...
- Where Are The Snobby Wine Professionals?
I recently noticed this quote in Amy's review of Educating Peter. She voices a sentiment that I think many people share: Here's the thing I hate about wine, the attitude. You know what I'm talking about. Wine should be something we enjoy...
- Wine Review Online
A couple months ago, Michael Franz, the wine writer for the Washington Post (among many other things), sent out a call for submissions to Wine Review Online, a new publication he's helming. The first issue is now officially up. Though Michael's...
- More On That Symposium
I finally wrote Toni and asked if I could describe the wine writing symposium in more detail here on OWF. I wanted to make sure there wasn't an "everything off the record" assumption that I didn't catch. She said go for it, so here's a bit...
- Fish Out Of Water
Ever feel out of place? I did initially while attending a wine writers' symposium at the bucolic Meadowood resort earlier this week. Me with my three feature clips and programming day job mingling with fifty food industry and food journalism veterans...
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OWF Quiet:Wine Writers' Symposium
I'm away this coming week, attending the 2007 Wine Writers' Symposium at Meadowood. This year, I'm going on a fellowship, one of a few granted to wine writers who apply with samples of their writing; I applied with my Mosel and Vinovation pieces from The Art of Eating. Thanks to Saintsbury for funding my ticket—it's no coincidence that I recently read their namesake's book.
I'll try to post at some point in the next few days, but if the blog is quiet, you know why.
- Where Does Wine Lingo Come From?
Mike Steinberger has an interesting piece at Slate about how the modern wine tasting note, the "cherry-and-berry" style to use his term, came about. I have struggled to make my tasting notes readable, both here and in print, but I grew up in the "list...
- Where Are The Snobby Wine Professionals?
I recently noticed this quote in Amy's review of Educating Peter. She voices a sentiment that I think many people share: Here's the thing I hate about wine, the attitude. You know what I'm talking about. Wine should be something we enjoy...
- Wine Review Online
A couple months ago, Michael Franz, the wine writer for the Washington Post (among many other things), sent out a call for submissions to Wine Review Online, a new publication he's helming. The first issue is now officially up. Though Michael's...
- More On That Symposium
I finally wrote Toni and asked if I could describe the wine writing symposium in more detail here on OWF. I wanted to make sure there wasn't an "everything off the record" assumption that I didn't catch. She said go for it, so here's a bit...
- Fish Out Of Water
Ever feel out of place? I did initially while attending a wine writers' symposium at the bucolic Meadowood resort earlier this week. Me with my three feature clips and programming day job mingling with fifty food industry and food journalism veterans...