http://www.pinotblogger.com A blog about starting and building a family winery in the Russian River Valley. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:50:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.pinotblogger.com/2009/06/15/i-find-your-lack-of-pinot-disturbing/ Note: I started this post way back in October. There are some interesting things I want to say about natural birth and natural wines, and I will, but not today. Today my wife is in labor and will be giving birth to my baby girl Charli. It'll be a natural ... http://www.pinotblogger.com/2009/06/11/the-business-of-birthing-wine/ In my previous post on New Vine (formerly New Vine Logistics), I listed 4 questions I had about the abrupt closure. Thanks to the absolutely stellar reporting of Lewis Perdue at Wine Insights (be sure to subscribe if you don't already), it looks like I've gotten some answers. But first, the juicy ... http://www.pinotblogger.com/2009/06/04/inertia-buys-new-vine-revelations/ "The first director I had at Second City said, 'You have to learn to love the bomb,' and I didn't know what he meant for a very long time. ...But there's a buzz to failing and not dying." - Stephen Colbert So the wine blogger scholarship contest, the one where if ... http://www.pinotblogger.com/2009/06/02/fail-ive-had-my-share/ UPDATE: Lewis Perdue at Wine Industry Insight has the best article yet published on the closure. His reporting appears more accurate than mainstream newspapers. He's a blogger by the way. Highly recommended. Usually I use this blog to express my views and opinions, but today I just have questions regarding the ... http://www.pinotblogger.com/2009/06/01/new-vine-logistics-aftermath-questions/ In Steve Heimoff's most recent post regarding the controversy surrounding Robert Parker's independent consultants (you can read the Wall Street Journal article on it here) he writes these words: Look, folks. Every wine writer with any influence or connections has partaken of gourmet meals for free. Every wine writer with any ... http://www.pinotblogger.com/2009/05/26/why-we-owe-robert-parker/ Link. http://www.pinotblogger.com/2009/05/25/cheers-have-some-urine/ The recent article on my iPhone app in the PD elicited the following email from my father in law. I thought it was terrifically insightful, and wanted to share. Dear Josh and Candace, Umm, I would like to inform you guys that you don't have to be a Gen X'er, Gen Y'er, ... http://www.pinotblogger.com/2009/05/22/a-baby-boomer-responds/ Just a quick post to inform those interested in the Wine Scholarship that due to some requests we've decided to extend the deadline for entries to June 1st. No one wants to cram in a post right before a 3 day weekend anyway! Use your time wisely, and don't forget to ... http://www.pinotblogger.com/2009/05/21/1k-for-1-post-deadline-extended-to-june-1st/ To the folks visiting from the Press Democrat article about local iPhone apps, here are the links to the videos showing off the capabilities of Juice. So Juicy Juicified Big thanks to Nathan and Ken from the PD for their professionalism and courtesy. Good times. http://www.pinotblogger.com/2009/05/17/juice-video-demos/