Category Archives: News
Newer posts →Understanding Moscato.
December 7, 2011What is Moscato? Moscato is a sweet dessert-style white wine, typically lower in alcohol, and usually lightly sparkling. It’s a taste that Millennials seem to be digging big-style (but we’ll get to that in a minute)! Muscat Blanc à Petits … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Calories in Moscato, Gallo, Health, Moscato, Moscato d'Asti, Muscat, Piedmont, Sommelier | Leave a comment //This Week In Wine–12/4/12
December 4, 2011Fighting the Funk in Funky Wine Scientists in Australia have sequenced the Brettanomyces genome – a breakthrough that will ‘future-proof’ the industry against spoilage by the yeast organism known as brett. Brett is widely know to spoil wine … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Brett, Brettanomyces, Paul Mabray, Social Media, Social Media for Wineries, Steve Heimoff | Leave a comment //Where I’ve Been.
December 2, 2011Some of the more frequent visitors to this website may have noticed that my posts have been a little few and far between over this last week. I have good reason, if you care to know what I’ve been working … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Social Media, Social Media for Wineries | Leave a comment //What Exactly is a “Good Year” for Wine?
November 29, 2011I was recently faced with a minor problem. A guest had ordered a bottle of ‘07 Napa Cabernet ($70) from my wine list (that’s right, in case you didn’t know, I run a restaurant/wine bar). The problem arose when the … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged bad wine year, Good wine year, Vintage Chart, Vintages, What is a Good Year” for Wine, Wine Vintage | Leave a comment //This Week In Wine–11/27/11
November 27, 2011China Basketball Star to Sell ‘Yao Ming’ Wine Months after retiring from basketball, Chinese sporting hero Yao Ming is venturing into business by setting up a wine company to meet a growing thirst for the tipple in his home … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Australia, Gall, Margaret River, Russia, Yao Ming Wine | Leave a comment //Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines for 2011
November 23, 2011Wine Spectator Top 100 2011
Posted in News | Tagged Top 100 Wines, Wine Spectator, Wine Spectator Top 100 2011 | Leave a comment //← Older posts Newer posts →
