Fri, 03/27/2009 - 09:45 | Posted by: Richard
If you haven’t been to Charleston, Go! What a great town. I guess it is one of the only towns Sherman didn’t burn. Most of the buildings are historical. The Cotton Exchange, Fort Sumter in the distance, the old Citadel grounds, the houses, all were fun to ...
Tue, 03/24/2009 - 11:27 | Posted by: Nina
Stratton Lummis has been selected as one of the most popular restaurant wines among sommeliers and wine directors by Wine and Spirits Magazine's 20th Annual Restaurant Poll!
Mon, 03/23/2009 - 08:41 | Posted by: Richard
Last month bloggers got into a debate about winemakers. The question was, are there any cynical winemakers out there? I took away from the debate that cynical was defined as a winemaker that knowingly bottled a bad wine. I think they got a little confused so ...
Thu, 02/26/2009 - 10:17 | Posted by: Richard
Two writers from the Wall Street Journal came up with a wonderful idea. Everyone has that one special bottle in their cellar that they are keeping for that one special day. It could be an old Bordeaux, or Pinot Noir or Sauterne. It doesn’t really matter, ...
Mon, 02/09/2009 - 17:15 | Posted by: Richard
Valentine's Day is getting close. I don’t know why, but when I think of Valentines Day, I think of cream sherry. This is silly I know. I should be thinking about sparkling wine, chocolate, silky red things and the excitement of being in love. But, for some ...
Thu, 01/29/2009 - 17:57 | Posted by: Richard
Anyone who has been involved with the Wine Institute knows Leon Panetta. John DeLuca ran the Wine Institute for years, and John was friends with Leon Panetta. I believe John was deputy mayor of San Francisco before he became the head of the wine industry's ...
Tue, 01/27/2009 - 12:42 | Posted by: Richard
The problem when you allow politicians to be continually re-elected is that sometime in their political life they run out of ideas. This is not their fault. The Chinese believe that we are born with a certain amount of breaths. So why run and use them up ...
Mon, 01/26/2009 - 10:06 | Posted by: Richard
You haven’t seen a blog from me in two weeks because Nina has been sitting on them. She doesn’t like me to be political. But, I cannot sit here and not comment when I see the industry I love being threatened. I love the wine business. We are ...
Mon, 01/26/2009 - 09:44 | Posted by: Richard
I love to laugh and I admire great writing. If you are a little wine geeky or love to make fun of scientists, I highly recommend you find an article in the New Yorker Magazine entitled "Mouse Au Vin" by Noah Baumbach. If you can’t find it, email me and I ...
Wed, 12/24/2008 - 10:23 | Posted by: Richard
"So what are you doing for Christmas and New Year's?" That is the question Craig asked me. He had a reason. Remember the daughter who is dating the Penn State Lineman? Well it seems Penn State is coming to the Rose Bowl, and so is the daughter. “No ...