Evolution, in a biological scale, takes millenia. When it comes to the wine business however it seems to be one human generation. the wines you see in the pictures above provide a great example of this process. The wine in the...
Read MoreIn a recent tasting the bottle you see in the photo, when opened, raised a question as to whether the wine inside was “dumb”! The bottle is a 2004 Chateauneuf du Pape, Font de Michelle, a producer I usually like....
Read MoreI have recently recognized a new emotion within me that must be common to most wine collectors. It has been there for a long time, but I have now experienced it repeatedly enough that I can recognize it. It happened when I...
Read MoreThose who read my blogs probably know that I am constantly seeking bargains in restaurant wine lists, which can otherwise be outrageously expensive, especially in San Francisco. You also may know that, in my opinion, the best...
Read MoreI have recently developed a new habit when wine tasting which has been around for centuries, is commonly practised by professionals, but rarely by us amateurs: spitting. Believe it or not spitting wine after slushing it in your...
Read MoreWe tend to think of the wine world as mostly boutique wineries, and then a few large conglomerates. The latter, we think, are purveyors of mostly cheap, low quality wine for the masses. Well, think again. For those who...
Read MoreCertain practices in wine pricing defy logic. We all know numerous examples from restaurant pricing to auctions in ancient wines, to stratospheric prices of celebrity labels. Some however are so incredible as to classify in the...
Read MoreA recent addition to my living room, the picture you see on the left, brings a new chapter to my wine collecting saga. It is a 920 bottle indoor storage unit, a monster. But a pretty one.I started collecting in 1996 and soon...
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