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How to Make a Church Cry About Pinot

The opening line in Steve Heimoff’s profile of Greg La Follette in New Classic Winemakers of California reads:
“It has been said of Greg La Follette that he could bring a church to tears about Pinot Noir.”
In the clip below you can get a bit of a feel for how he earned that reputation.
In [...]

The Golden Triangle

I’ll be posting a few clips from a very cool and interesting winemaker roundtable from last month over the next few days. Sponsored by Kendall-Jackson and benefitting the Sonoma County Wine Library, Steve Heimoff (his latest book can be found here) led a discussion with some of Sonoma’s top winemakers.
Today I’m featuring a quick [...]

2008 Wine Blog Awards Announced

Tom Wark’s 2008 Wine Blog Awards winners were announced today. Tom does a great thing each year highlighting wine blogging and helping to push it into the mainstream of wine media.
There’s been a bit of backlash this year for some reason though, and anonymous blogger overoaked does a fantastic job of skewering both Tom, the [...]

Ch. Petrogasm: Wine Reviews From the Edge

Everyone wants to be loved. Everyone wants to be understood. And everyone wants to be acknowledged - to stand out from their peers.
The paradox is that to get the third thing, you need to put the first two in jeopardy.
Chateau Petrogasm, a blog that reviews wine using only a single picture, is doing the third [...]

Wired Article: Wonder Wine Gadgets for Geeks

A quick link to a pretty fantastic article by Wired contributor Lore Sjöberg who engages in some creative wine gadget imagineering. Some of his proposed creations sound pretty freakin’ cool.
Automatic Wine Twirler
The first thing you do with a glass of wine is swirl it. I’m led to understand that there are sound gastronomic reasons for [...]