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Liquid Memory: Why Wine Matters: A Review
I was reading the NY Times' book reviews and I came across an interesting review on the book, Liquid Memory: Why Wine Matters by Jonathan Nossiter. (262 pp. Farrar, Straus & Giroux $26) As background, I would hope that every serious wine drinker has seen Modovino by this time, a movie ostensibly about the world wine trade. if nothing else it is fascinating. I will admit here and now that I am no fan of Robert Parker nor of that other popular wine magazine which seems like it is at every checkout counter. however I dislike them for different reasons. Parker, at very least, knows something about wine, but his mere favorable mention of a given wine has been known to send it soaring. There are many popular examples. The other magazine, which shall go unmentioned, has attempted to manipulate wine drinkers into various drining habits. Not without its merits, especially in areas of travel articles, there is a common joke in the wine trade that when a wine is panned in the magazine, it is said that the winery probably forgot to pay its bill. In any case, I thought this review was a pretty good one, of not only the book but the way in which we find the wine world today, so I am posting it here. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.Town on SF Bay wants to photograph every car
TIBURON, Calif. - Visitors should be prepared to have their pictures taken as they enter and leave this picturesque town of million-dollar views and homes along the San Francisco Bay. Officials want to photograph every car and use the license plate information to solve crimes in the town of 9,000.Winery Creates Buzz with Dream Job
The dream job offer is this: Get paid $10,000 a month for six months to drink wine, learn and talk about wine, eat good food, live rent free in Healdsburg and play the occasional game of poker with a laid-back staff. The ideal candidate must combine an engaging personality and an enthusiasm for all things wine with experience at tweeting, blogging, and keeping photo and video diaries. On Tuesday, hundreds of wine-loving, social-media-savvy types showed up in downtown San Francisco to apply for a "Really Goode Job," with Murphy-Goode Winery in Sonoma County.Wine: Cork or Screw Top? Cork: the environmental choice
Not exactly new news, but just a reminder:
I know screw-top (or the stuff that comes in a box) wine is often cheaper than the cork variety, but please keep a few things in mind when making your purchasing decision:
1) cork is made from the bark of a tree and is sustainable. Cork trees can be used again and again this way.
2) Cork tree farmers are losing a lot of money due to the 20% increase in wine stoppers made of plastic and metal.
Budget Travel: Summer’s Best Deals Are Close to Home
Summer’s Best Deals Are Close to Home http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/travel/08pracdeals.html?th&emc=th By MICHELLE HIGGINS Published: June 8, 2008 LAST summer, Lisa Clark, a management consultant from Los Angeles, spent about three weeks in Europe, touring Scotland by car, spending a weekend in Paris and biking in Tuscany. Though it wasn’t cheap (France and Italy cost roughly $4,300 alone) Ms. Clark made it work by using frequent flier miles to get there and by buying packaged tours to keep her expenses contained.The Pulse of Summer: Blender Drinks Are Back
The Pulse of Summer: Blender Drinks Are Back http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/dining/25blender.html?th&emc=th By PETE WELLS Published: June 25, 2008 YOU may regard the electric blender as a helpful household appliance. For your bartender, it is a tool straight from the devil. “You’d be hard pressed to find a barman who takes his work seriously who works in a joint with a blender,” said Duggan McDonnell, an owner of the bar Cantina in San Francisco.2005 De Loach Green Valley Pinot Noir
The 2005 De Loach Green Valley Pinot Noir is a single vineyard Russian River Pinot with big distinctive flavor. It is far from a classic pinot ie it has big unique flavors and nose. Hints of mint and evergreen mingle with a strong raspberry and blueberry finish.
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