Author Archives: Kris
Newer posts →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 //Alvear Solera 1927, Montilla, Spain.
December 2, 2011Grapes 100% Pedro Ximenez, (but just call it “PX” if you want to sound cool and trendy…and I know you do). Facts Kind of like Port, I find Sherry-style wines more suited for chilly weather. It always reminds me of … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews | Tagged Alvear, Alvear 1927, Jorge Ordonez, Montilla, Sherry, Sherry wine, Spain | 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 //The Quick Brown Fox…
December 2, 2011Although “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is considered to be the shortest sentence that includes all the letters of the alphabet, alcohol lovers came up with one of their own “Pack my box with five dozen … Continue reading
Posted in Funny | 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 //What is Corked Wine?
November 28, 2011 Posted in Facts | Tagged cork taint, Corked, Corked wine, trichloroanisole, trichloroanisole in wine, what is corked wine | 1 Comment //← Older posts Newer posts →
