October, 2012
What Are Your Plans for November?
First World Wine Problems.
World’s Most Expensive Wine Goes on Sale.
Ok, so I’m a little late on this one! This is a news story from June, that seems to have slipped me by until now… Aussie winemaker Penfolds has unveiled what it says (correctly so) is the world’s most expensive bottle of plonk. The 2004 Kalimna Block 42 Cabernet Sauvignon, that the vineyard claims are from the oldest continuously producing vines in the world, will set you back a staggering $168,000 and comes completely encased…
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The Age of Oak.
Self-Serve Wine Stations on the Rise.
Tech trend analysis company Technomic has indicated in its recent Bartender Quarterly report that “serve-yourself” wine stations appear to be gaining significant momentum in wine bars/restaurants across the United States. One of their case studies, with diners at the Trifecta Grill in Winnetka, Illinois, showed wine drinkers were willing to spend more of their hard earned cash (often up-to $29 a glass) if they knew the wine had been stored in a WineStation, and therefore…
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Vincent Girardin “Emotion” Pinot Noir, Burgundy, France.
Grapes 100% Pinot Noir Facts When is a French Pinot not a French Pinot? When it’s the Vincent Girardin “Emotion,” of course! I consider a wine like this a timid step forward for those looking to ever-so-slowly “get their wine-drinking into France,” when they used to drinking mainly Cali Pinot.The problem I have found is that when people start out their wine drinking lives by starting with New World Pinot Noir and then try…
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The Intricacies of Pairing Pinot Noir with Lamb.
Wine Myths…Busted: Do you Need to Lay Down Wines with a Synthetic Cork?
Click here for the rest of my Wine Myths Busted series.
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First World Wine Problems
Sh*t That Wine Lists Say: British Edition.
Anyone can critique a wine list. Anyone. It’s easy, mainly for the reason that there are, to a certain extent, very few right and wrong answers. Ok, maybe that’s not entirely true! There are a few unofficial rules, but they obviously change according to the type of restaurant you’re dealing with. With that said, the next few photos are from my recent trip back to England, when I dined at a reputable Greek/Turkish restaurant in…
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