The Television Sommelier (part one)
Though it marks the end of summer, the falling of leaves and the ever-earlier retirement of the sun that declare the annual transition into autumn do not come without rewards. […]
Category Archives: Stories and such
Around the world in eighty sips — Bella, Uganda’s “Golden Wine”
I recently met a woman in an airport, a missionary from Georgia who had raised money for the distribution of Bibles in Uganda, that told me she was on her […]
Follow Mark on Vivino!
A little shameless self-promotion never hurt anyone, right? Here goes: If you’re not currently using the Vivino App on your smartphone, let me give you three good reasons to do […]
Wine at 30K feet; KLM
As I continue to review various airline wine experiences, I’m excited to mention that I recently had a very pleasant one. So often on airplanes, our palates find themselves a […]
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 […]
From Grape to Glass, Part Three: Encouraging Growth
We’ve all heard that story about the young boy whose beans got tossed out the window and sprouted overnight into a massive green stalk that reached into the heavens. Unfortunately, […]
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 and The Great War
This Saturday, the 28th of June, 2014 will make the 100th anniversary of the assassination of the Austrian Archduke, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie. This event is credited as […]
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 […]
“I like wine, but I’m here for baseball,” (or visa-versa?)
Welcome to Omaha, Nebraska, and the College World Series! Not much could be better, not to mention more traditional, in the warm summer months than watching live baseball unfold upon […]
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