I Ain’t Playin: Drink Chilean 06/16/11
One fateful Tuesday, the Wines of Chile Grand Tasting, organized by Twitter’s @DrinkChile, took place in New York City: a magnificent event which has forever changed the way I think about Chilean wine…is what I would like to say. But let’s not kid ourselves. I’ve loved Chilean wine for a long time now, so really my opinion hasn’t changed at all. “So why even write about this thing?” you may be asking. The short answer is “to ...
read moreI don’t think I’ve ever reviewed two white wines in a row before – indeed, the very thought of it fills me with something akin to shame (possibly shame) – but with the weather heating up, I’ve frankly begun to wonder whether my famous red wine fetish wasn’t really seasonal after all. Moreover, I’ve also come to realize that I’ve somehow managed to neglect an entire major wine region in my reviews hitherto, despite my declaration that ...
read moreAs enjoyable as my last visit to Hoboken, New Jersey was, I couldn’t help but notice that the city seemed to suffer from a disappointing paucity of actual hobos. This time, though, I breathed a sigh of relief: not two minutes after my arrival, I was approached by an obviously homeless gentleman who, while insisting he wasn’t homeless, asked me for 50 cents. I gave him a quarter instead, for although it’s a matter of common courtesy ...
read moreGifting wine to a vinophile is a risky business. Unless you have a means at your disposal of finding out his favorites (like, I dunno, maybe a wine blog he writes), you might end up buying a bottle he’s already had – or worse, 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike
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