The back page of Wine Spectator for August 31, 2016 is devoted to food and wine pairing. Here are some of the highlights. [level-members] Dr. Vinny, who seems to be some sort of masked, wine-drinking rodent is asked for pairing advice for popcorn, bacon, and breakfast cereal, among other things. His responses: For popcorn, he […]
Archive for July, 2016
Food and Wine Pairing – Old and New, Odd and Class
July 15th, 2016Wine Stories Worth Sharing With Your Wine Shop Custome
July 14th, 2016So hip it hurts – still. Regular, non-hipster variety sommeliers. Sipping and Cyclling. And Oxidative wines. [level-members] A surprise third installment in the Grape Collective series on “The Rise of the Hipster Somm” leads things off this week. Is their intrepid author mean? Or is he calling out ridiculousness when he sees it. Either way, it’s […]
Wine Shop Wine Tastings: Open the Good Stu
July 13th, 2016When I first glanced at the headline for this Food & Wine article, I assumed it would be another lamentation of soaring prices and snobbery. But as I read the article I realized there is a silver lining here. [level-members] Granted, $190 for a glass of wine is more than a bit much. One could […]
Your Wine Shop is More Local Than Ever – And Le
July 12th, 2016With Ebay having joined Amazon earlier this year as another big retailer entering the wine retail market, things are already changing and are likely to continue changing as the local/online equation works itself out. [level-members] What does this mean for you and your local shop? A couple of things. Online: Go Big or Stay Home If […]
Wine Industry News for July 11, 20
July 11th, 2016This English fizzy thing just won’t go away. The Pope and his wine. And fake wine that’s not what you think. [level-members] More On English Sparkling Wines Newsweek adds legitimacy (being a big-time weekly and all …) to the notion that the English are on to something with their sparkling wines. The article interestingly points […]
Food & Wine Pairing: Champagne and Fried Chick
July 8th, 2016Continuing (sort of) on a theme we hit upon two weeks ago, let’s talk about pairing wine and chicken. [level-members] Two weeks ago, we were in grill mode, and talked about different ways to pair wine with grilled chicken. Today, we’ll head inside (for most of us) and talk about pairing with fried chicken rather than […]
Worth Sharing: Wine World Info For Your Shop Custome
July 7th, 2016Beyond the usual rosé suspects, English sparklers, and a double-dose of hipster sommeliers. [level-members] If you’re already inclined to sneer at hipster culture, you’ll enjoy this pair of articles from Stuart Pigott and The Grape Collective. The Rise of the Hipster Sommelier The Rise of the Hipster Sommelier, Part II Clearing painting with an unfairly […]
Wine Scores and Why They Matt
July 6th, 2016You can hate them if you want, but wine scores aren’t going away anytime soon. And used wisely, they can make your wine shop marketing easier. [level-members] In fact, making wine more accessible to consumers is what got us into this scoring mess in the first place. (If Robert Parker is to be believed that […]
Wine Industry News for July 5, 20
July 5th, 2016Cork in a New York minute, cocaine-infused wine, California wine-labeling rules, and wines of Baja California. [level-members] Baja California Never mind climate change and the march north. Baja California has more than 100 wineries already, and are organizing to encourage growth. While the wineries are only putting out about about 1.5 million cases of wine […]
Wines for the Four
July 1st, 2016Your menu may vary, but The Fourth of July is the All-American holiday. So, our wine recommendation has to be for an All-American wine. Or, at least, as close as we can get. [level-members] There’s plenty of evidence that Zinfandel may have originated elsewhere, but it also does some to be as close as we […]