Browsing Month »June, 2006«

Web Host Issues Close to Being Resolved

June 10, 2006

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I’m still waiting for my old host to release the pinotblogger domain and for the the DNS changes to propogate, but soon all will be back to normal. A word to the wise: Back up your blog databases!

Share Your Bad Winery Experiences

June 7, 2006

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I was reading a funny post over at Huevos con Vino about a nightmare winery experience that the author Alex once had, and it got me thinking about a recent scene at a friend’s winery this past Memorial Day weekend. My friend and my wife and I were sitting inconspicuously in the entry killing time, [...]

Judgment of Paris Going Hollywood

June 7, 2006

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Decanter is reporting that a LA production company has purchased the film rights to George Taber’s book Judgment of Paris. What’s interesting is that they wont be focusing on the French. They have said that they intend to focus on the interplay between Spurrier and the Californians rather than the French angle, ending with the [...]

New Web 2.0-ish Design

June 5, 2006

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I’ve been messing around in photoshop the last few nights tweaking the site design. I’m a big fan of the aesthetic that web 2.0 companies have popularized, and so decided to bite a little bit of their style. It’s still a work in progress and I’m certainly no professional (don’t need to be, this is [...]

New Winery Sketches!

June 5, 2006

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I visited with our architects today and picked up some more rough-ups of the winery, which are pictured here. The first photo shows the general shape and height of the winery against the backdrop of the hills and vineyards nearby. One of our design goals is to be as inconspicuous as possible, and a fringe [...]