For blogging success, phone a friend

A couple of years ago Hardy Wallace and I got into a debate about editing blog posts. His take was that a blog should be raw, from the heart, without the refining that happens when an editor gets hold of a bloated piece of wine writing. I, on the other hand, suggested that you can [...]

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The tools for wine tasting success

In a MASSIVE oversimplification, animated largely by its dichotomous elegance, I suggest that there are two different approaches to wine tasting & sharing the experience. It isn’t really about palate as I believe that pretty much anyone can taste wines. It isn’t background and upbringing, although experience over time does help. In fact, I believe that [...]

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Wine Word of the Week: Harvest

This week?s Wine Word of the Week is harvest. Official definition from Jancis Robinson?s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Harvest is both the process of picking ripe grapes from the vine and transferring them to the winery (or field pressing station), and its occasionally festive, if frenetic, duration. This transition period in the wine-making cycle [...]

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Just 2 Weeks Until WBW 73

Just a friendly reminder that Wine Blogging Wednesday 73 is just two weeks away. Our host, The Corkdork, has asked us to revisit the wine that first got your attention to learn more about wine. This could be a carafe of rosé in Paris, Sassicaia 1988, a random bottle of Cahors or Inglenook Cask 1958. Or [...]

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Tranquil atmosphere of Pacific Ocean influences Pan Pacific Yokohama Bay Hotel

Indulge in the tranquil atmosphere of the deep blue Pacific Ocean with the Pan Pacific Yokohama Bay Hotel, a getaway for guests who want to enjoy the beauty of the colorful city overlooking the beautiful green park. The blue water body borders the city and the pristine beauty of this azure sea is a visual [...]

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?Virgin boy eggs? from China: impossible food-wine pairing?

Ah, spring is in the air. And people around the world are thinking about eggs. Here, we have bunnies who lay colored and chocolate eggs. In China, it turns out, the springtime air in Dongyang fills with the smell of hot urine and the gastronome’s mind in that city then turns to…eggs. Let’s hear the [...]

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