Do you remember way back when I wrote about my newfound appreciation for hot sake, otherwise known as atsukan? In that post from oh-so-long ago, I said that I wouldn’t be discussing any particular sakes from my trip to Japan. And in that post, true to my word, I didn’t. Flash forward to today. A lot has changed. I’ve seen the seconds turn into minutes, the minutes into hours. I’m a week older now – a week ...

As you may or may not be aware, depending on how closely you’ve been keeping tabs on my activity, I recently returned from a two week jaunt to the exotic and disorienting land of Japan. To say that I traveled to the other side of the planet strictly for the sake of sake would be hyperbolic, but not too hyperbolic – I drank a lot of sake there, most of it wonderful (though not all). I drank ...

Hey there! After yet another inexplicably protracted absence, I’m back! And today I’ve got three wines to review: wines that hail from my favorite shoe-shaped wine-producing country of all time, Italy. You may remember Italy from World War II, The Jersey Shore Season 4, or perhaps even my past reviews – Italian wine is, in fact, my favorite, and I tend to drink it pretty frequently. But this marks the first time I’ve received press samples from ...

Every once in a while, I’m reminded that I live in Pennsylvania, a state whose inexplicable alcohol laws have routinely- …routinely restricted my ability to drink what I want (not to mention when I want). It just so happens that I received another such reminder not even a week ago, when I was offered press samples of a certain brand’s wines and leaped at the opportunity, only to find my joyous ascent stymied by the fact that ...

You’ve probably noticed the hideous lapse in my update schedule this summer, every bit as much the result of my own indulgence in indolence as the fact that I haven’t been drinking as much wine lately. Don’t worry; I’ve still been drinking. But the weather simply doesn’t allow me to keep as many wines on hand as I would like to, save what I can fit into my humble wine fridge (which is mostly occupied by wines ...

At long last, after two and a half arduous months, Captain Planet Month has come full circle, wending its wonderful way from start to Heart. It’s been an elementally illuminating journey to be sure, highlighting the oenological poignancy not only of Earth (already well established as a tasting note in wine), but Fire, Wind and Water as well, irrespective of whether any such poignancy actually exists for those other three. But while the four classical elements may ...