July 10th, 2012

Looking to Build a Wine Cellar and Happen to Have a Spare $59k?

  Ladies and gentlemen, here’s a chance to own a serious piece of winemaking history! Measuring 9′ in diameter, almost 9′ in length, and weighing-in at approximately 2,500 lbs, I would like to present to you the wine cellar to beat all wine cellars! And it’s all yours for $59,000 (OBO). This barrel was hand-crafted in Europe and then shipped to the United States in the early part of the 1900s. It originally held 3,750…

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French Wine Merchants Boycott Californian Wine in Protest Over Foie Gras Ban.

Ze wine merchants in southwest France are a little pissed-off with the recent foie gras ban in California, so much so, they have decided to take all Californian wines off their shelves. Foie gras has been outlawed across California as a law banning force-feeding of animals came into force on 1 July. In southern France, the center of production for foie gras, winemakers are doing their part to show solidarity to the region’s many producers….

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What is a Sommelier?–Happy Hour for I Know Jax

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was taking part in filming wine-themed segments for I Know Jax, a TV series based here in Jacksonville. It’s essentially a TV magazine-style show, about fun things to do in the greater Jacksonville area. The show is produced by Talentino Media and is housed on the website with the same name – iknowjax.com. The episodes air every Saturday at 11pm on CW 17, right before Saturday Night…

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