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VinoFictions: January 2013
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The blog that proves "in vino veritas". Sunday, January 27, 2013. The Wine Week That Was. In this new feature of Vinofictions, we put our extensive, unquestionable knowledge to work as insightful analysts, recapping and commenting on some of the wine news of the week that is fit to print, but likely should be ignored. And so.to borrow from Murrow: here now, the news. Few words can describe this one. Now Yelp reviewers can show their blatant self-importance with the flash of REVIEWERCARD. We heard a r...
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VinoFictions: March 2012
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The blog that proves "in vino veritas". Friday, March 2, 2012. Trite, perhaps, but it’s true that the simple things are the real things to treasure. Here at Keuka Lake, I am inland, and even though it is a lake, you can’t get commercial fish from it—it’s a law! What’s a fellow to do who was raised in a coastal city, has southern Italian blood, and can’t do without simple seafood? Now, it is the season for one water-borne simple fish that does not come from the sea, which reminds me of a story. I felt tru...
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VinoFictions: They still don't get it.
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The blog that proves "in vino veritas". Wednesday, January 16, 2013. They still don't get it. I've been off the wine sales road for quite some time but what stays fresh in my mind about my years on the road with wine is the general intransigence of so many restaurant owners and managers when it came to staff training and pricing wine to sell it. What's worse, the staff seems not to have been trained in wine service as much as it has been trained in pushy wine sales. About midway through our time at the b...
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VinoFictions: November 2011
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The blog that proves "in vino veritas". Tuesday, November 22, 2011. For the love of it. About two weeks ago, I racked the Gewürztraminer (took it off its fermentation lees and moved it into another storage vessel). The Riesling percolates toward the end of its fermentation. This wine will be my balancing material. Its pH is so low, and its total acidity so high compared to the Gewürztraminer that before me is the opportunity to see if I know what I am doing. By managing a blend between the tw...Sadly, ha...
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VinoFictions: December 2012
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The blog that proves "in vino veritas". Saturday, December 29, 2012. The question is directed at me, not at you, if there are any of you right now. This book took me more than two years to complete. It also took me on the road a few times, to the West Coast and the South. I had to find some people I needed to interview. It's a good thing I came up with the idea for this book when I did- many of the people involved are up there in years. Yes, I am. Who the hell knows? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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VinoFictions: The Wine Week That Was
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The blog that proves "in vino veritas". Sunday, January 27, 2013. The Wine Week That Was. In this new feature of Vinofictions, we put our extensive, unquestionable knowledge to work as insightful analysts, recapping and commenting on some of the wine news of the week that is fit to print, but likely should be ignored. And so.to borrow from Murrow: here now, the news. Few words can describe this one. Now Yelp reviewers can show their blatant self-importance with the flash of REVIEWERCARD. We heard a r...
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VinoFictions: Vinogirl and I clash
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The blog that proves "in vino veritas". Thursday, April 4, 2013. Vinogirl and I clash. Believe it or not, Vinogirl and I did not get together on our mutual posts, even though they have the same theme. Recently, thanks to my regular column in a Rochester, NY magazine- yeah, print- I received two emails last week from PR people applauding my column and then asking if I would like to taste some wines that they represent. A can of crushed (organic) tomatoes, 1/2 cup sweet wine (Madeira), some chicken stock d...
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VinoFictions: Is this the way to start a New Year?
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The blog that proves "in vino veritas". Tuesday, January 1, 2013. Is this the way to start a New Year? It isn't often that I turn down a writing gig, unless it's one of those offers that gives me exposure for the privilege of helping someone else build an online business with the promise of future below minimum payments for more help- provided the business succeeds. No, it isn't often that I turn down meaningful work. Believing that every offer is negotiable, and one day I'm going to certify that belief ...
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VinoFictions: July 2011
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The blog that proves "in vino veritas". Thursday, July 14, 2011. On June 30, 2011, the Finger Lakes wine and culinary community lost a bright star in our galaxy to a car accident on the New York State Thruway. The following is the unedited eulogy that I wrote for my weekly local newspaper column. Deb was not at the winery and bistro event on July 5, 2011, but her spirit was there a thousand fold. My memories of Deb began about 20 years ago when Dave brought his future bride to the monthly winemaker dinne...
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VinoFictions: October 2011
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The blog that proves "in vino veritas". Saturday, October 22, 2011. Leave it to me to select a problematic vintage to decide to make wine again. Up to August, the Finger Lakes region looked quite on track for a decent 2011 vintage. I had already decided that this would be my return year to dabbling with the nectar, and so I anticipated some fine Gewurztraminer and Riesling from my own hands. September and October had different plans. I went to work. Didn’t like doing it, but I brought the Brix ...Rieslin...