Wine at 30K feet; Delta Airlines
If you read my last review of United Airlines and their wine, you know I won’t take “But, sir, we’re on an airplane,” as an excuse for a bad wine […]
Category Archives: Reds
Judgement of Omaha; Surprising results in a blind Syrah tasting
One of the difficulties of being involved in the local wine industry here in Nebraska is that people’s general knowledge and enthusiasm for vinifera (European grape varietals) doesn’t translate into […]
Wine at 30K Feet: United Airlines — A first-class ticket to wine hell
Flying back from the wedding of two dear friends in Massachusetts, my wife asleep on my right (she claimed the window seat when I wasn’t paying attention) and the FIFA World […]
Around the World in Eighty Sips — Hungary’s “Bull’s Blood”
A few years ago, Mark gave a talk at a seminar in Budapest, Hungary, an opportunity for which he was grateful as it afforded him an extra day to traipse […]
Around the World in Eighty Sips — Rwanda’s Akarusho Red
Around the World in Eighty Sips One of the neatest things about wine is that it isn’t merely a beverage; it’s history and culture in liquid form. In this segment, […]
You be you (and let your palate be itself too)
Wine drinking was really no different than beer drinking to me for a long time. I sucked at it. I didn’t know anything, liked everything, and did it primarily with […]
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