One of the worst things that can happen to someone who tastes wine for a living has got to be hay fever. I should know as I am currently suffering from a severe attack. Not only is my nose a red, raw running mess but my eyes won’t stop watering and the constant sneezing is giving me stomach cramps. And to top it all off,...
read moreHere’s an old Scottish joke to start off today. “Alcohol is your trouble” said the sheriff to the drunk. “Alcohol alone is responsible for your present predicament.” The drunk looked pleased as he said, “Yer lairdship’s maist kind. A’body else says it’s ma ain fault!”...
read moreI get Decanter mag’s daily e-newsletter and there was in interesting bit of news in there today about Castel Group, France’s largest wine producer, planting vineyards in Ethiopia. Ethiopia?? According to Decanter…”there is a history of wine production…but the industry entered a period of decline after...
read moreIsn’t this a great idea! I was on openwineconsortium.com and stumbled across this on their forum. “Tryvertising” is the new catchphrase making the rounds in marketing land. Wine and tryvertising were made for each other. As a matter of fact, I think you could say that wine came up with the idea first, with cellar...
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