A Sad Future for Hong Kong?
The three-day wine event costs $2,900 to attend. Speakers include Robert Parker, Jancis Robinson, James Suckling, Angelo Gaja, Jaime Araujo, Michel Rolland, and plenty others. Francis Ford Coppola is...
View ArticleCombating Wine Snobbery in DC
This past Sunday, Jeff Siegel (aka The Wine Curmudgeon) explained that his “goal is [to] help Americans see wine as Europeans do, as something to drink every day. Even if it kills me.” This is a goal...
View ArticleSh*t Wine Drinkers Say
Ever since “Sh*t Girls Say” went viral in December, countless imitations have been posted on YouTube. The latest — from Jon Boring of The California Wine Club – targets wine drinkers. What do you think?
View ArticleWine, Baseball, and Investing
In third grade, I was the only girl in the Baseball Card Collectors Lunch Bunch Club. I had a shoebox full of Topps and Donruss, and I would obsessively consult my outdated Beckett book before deciding...
View ArticleSommelier Journal & Robert Parker
Last year, Alder Yarrow urged his readers to subscribe to Sommelier Journal: “The magazine contains really great content, from profiles of wine lists at top restaurants around the country, to in-depth...
View ArticleCinco de Mayo for Wine Enthusiasts
Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo. In Puebla, Mexico, local residents will hold small celebrations to commemorate the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862....
View ArticleShipwrecks & Champagne: Photos
Nearly two years ago, marine archeologists discovered a 165+-year-old shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, in waters south of Åland. In the wreckage were 162 bottles of Champagne, from Veuve Clicquot,...
View ArticleRevisiting Older Rieslings: Tasting Through Some 1997 German Wines
The 1997 Schaefer Kabinett Young German Riesling can be absolutely thrilling. At their best, the wines have a remarkable vibrancy and energy with the fruit tasting incredibly fresh and nervy acidity...
View ArticleBollinger – Bond’s Champagne of Choice
Skyfall debuted with the most successful opening weekend ever for a James Bond film — and has now racked up a record-breaking $669.2 million worldwide in box office sales. Sitting down to watch the...
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