Being in the wine industry, we are fortunate to attend more tastings than the average wine lover. For us, nothing is more exciting than finding a new producer or a new wine during one of these tastings. Here is what usually happens, stream of consciousness to follow… Oh I’ve never had their wines before. Hi, […]
Language is defined by words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them to be used and understood by a community, ours being the wine community. The other day, I was having a conversation with a winemaker about an atypical varietal he chose to grow in his vineyard. A few minutes in, his friend who […]
Comedian Ricky Gervais recently tweeted something like this (he took the post down quickly after publishing it, so this is totally hearsay): “If someone criticizes you, just think of a word about yourself that the person might not like, put it in front of the word “phobia” and refer to them as that.” This could […]