Mark Kurlansky
The Guys respond to NY Times writer Frank Bruni’s conjecture as to how the economy is causing restaurants to be understaffed in the first segment of this show. Mark and Francis have their own ideas about how the economy is affecting service. Mark …
Gael Greene
For more than three decades, the impeccable tastebuds of Gael Greene spawned each weekly edition of her"The Insatiable Critic"column for New York magazine. Now, she remains on staff and contributes heavily to her own website …
The Why&What of Amateur Wine Writing
Image by nasv via FlickrJosh Hermsmeyer, the guy behind the must read Pinotblogger site, has issued a challenge to all wine bloggers and will reward the winner with a prize of up to $1,000 depending upon how many respond to his call. In a nutshell, he is asking us to answer two questions:Why are you [...]
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Best Wine Blog Posts for March 2nd through March 6th
Best of the wine blogosphere for March 2nd through March 6th:Vinography and the American Wine Blog AwardsNapa wine prices: Some advice to wineriesMarch Book Club: Adventures on the Wine RouteAmerican Wine Blog Award WinnersWINE CLUB FAILWine drinking is up but wine sales are down?Vin de Napkin – Sign O The Times x 4Serve or Die: [...]
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C. Donatiello Winery, Chardonnay 2006
At the beginning of June I wrote a post in response to Pinotblogger Josh Hermsmeyer’s wine blogger contest. Basically, Josh challenged us to write about what motivates us to blog and if the role of a wine reviewer is to prescribe the ways in which a wine should be made or just write about what’s [...]
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Inventing The New Language of Wine Reviews
I sat down yesterday to record another Quick Picks podcast but didn’t come up with a usable recording. No, it wasn’t due to some audio setting mishap or lack of a great wine to talk about but something more fundamental.I didn’t want to read my review.For some time now I’ve been struggling with this notion [...]
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In Search of Authentic Wine
I watched a documentary on food last night that changed the way I look at the raw materials of my meals. Politics aside, I think we have a problem right now that will take a long time to sort out. And in the meantime, I’m going to spend more time looking into the providence of [...]
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Inventing The New Language of Wine Reviews
I sat down yesterday to record another Quick Picks podcast but didn’t come up with a usable recording. No, it wasn’t due to some audio setting mishap or lack of a great wine to talk about but something more fundamental.I didn’t want to read my review.For some time now I’ve been struggling with this notion [...]
Inventing The New Language of Wine Reviews originally appeared on Winecast. Licensed under Creative Commons.