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Pinot Swilling Parker Zombies From Hell!

May 7, 2007

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It’s either really early or really late for Halloween – take your choice – but when I saw that a guy named Len was offering to draw custom monsters based on a title of your choosing on his website Monsterbymail.com, I knew I had to get one. So I chose “Pinot Swilling Parker Zombies From [...]

The North Bay Business Journal 40 under 40

April 25, 2007

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Just a quick congrats to my bud John for making the North Bay business journal 40 under 40 list. His recent success at getting Jordan ranked #1 for the first time in the Wine and Spirits Restaurant poll was quite an achievement indeed. Here’s to continued success my friend. John Jordan, 34, CEO, Jordan Vineyard [...]

Why I Put the Blog in Pinotblogger

April 24, 2007

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Mike Duffy at Winery Website Report. El Jefe at Twisted Oak, and Paul at Inertia hit me with the “Why I Blog” tag today. Many thanks fellas, I always enjoy talkin’ ’bout myself! Here’s what I came up with… First and foremost the blog is a cheap, fun marketing vehicle and personal relationship builder. Crass [...]

Profanity in Wine Academia – Fuck et al

March 30, 2007

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So I received the most recent issue of the American Journal of Enology and Viticulture in the mail last night. Flipping through the articles and research notes and speed reading to find the juicy stuff, I usually just skip to the conclusions and only back-read when I find something particularly interesting. Thats exactly what happened [...]

The Twisted Oak %@#$! Label Writing Contest

March 17, 2007

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I didn’t think it kosher to interfere with the contest while it was taking place (click here for all the details) but I feel like I have a winner for El Jefe’s write-the-back-of-label and win a case of wine contest. My inspiration comes from a catchy litle ditty that you may recognize from a few [...]