Parker blasts wine bloggers: ?the bar is so damn low?

Robert Parker once derided bloggers as “blobbers.” Another time, he couldn’t bring himself to mention Jim Budd by name (referring to him only as “this blogger“). Now, he has once again taken to his bulletin board to blast bloggers, saying “the bar is so damn low.” He rightly praises the HoseMaster of Wine for being [...]

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Eden Hill Vineyard 2010 Cynthiana-Tempranillo Reserve

Eden Hill 2010 Cynthiana-Tempranillo Reserve One of the things I like about going to new Texas wineries is the fact it involves a road trip. The best road trips happen when the kid is at grandmother?s house for the weekend – this was one of those trips. Last October we decided to do a local [...]

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Cap Rock Winery 2011 Sweet Tempranillo

As I have stated several times to people my taste have changed over the past several years as I have moved over to the ?Dry side? of wine. I have really expanded in drinking more red wine these days and, even better, drinking more wines along the dry+bold red spectrum. If you knew me 3 [...]

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EWBC12 ? Tech Tools

Every year at the EWBC, I conduct a workshop on tech tools that you may, or may not, be familiar with. Some are right off the innovation line, while others, have been around for awhile but need a reintroduction as to how they’ve grown or changed. I try to make it as jam packed as [...]

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Public Service Announcement: Passwords Protect All of Us

Hacked. All files lost. Computer hard drive wiped. Phone dead. Twitter account hijacked. Think it couldn’t happen? Think again. Listening to the frightening details on this podcast about being hacked that made me realize every niche community needs to hear a few basic facts on passwords. In a world where we all are supposed to remember details for [...]

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Delaney Vineyard 1995 Cabernet Vintner?s Reserve

Delaney Vineyards 1995 Texas Cabernet Sauvignon Vintner?s Reserve A little over two years ago we first visited Delaney Vineyards in Grapevine, Texas. At that time who knew that we would end up with one bottle of this wine. At the end of our tasting experience our host offered everyone a taste and told us it [...]

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