I recently received an email from a wine seller that began with the following statement:
“While most of the wine coming out of South America is mundane, there are phenomenal exceptions in Argentina, where …”
This is interesting in that right out of the gate we have multiple misdirection/lies/misleading concepts:
Now read the truth:
(a) Most wines coming out [...]
Archive > February 2009
Caveat emptor
Stem or Bowl?
No, we’re not talking about smoking a bowl of stems here (we all know that we had to make do on limited funds in college), but rather how you hold your freakin’ wine glass. Someone asked Mick LaSalle, the San Francisco Chronicle pink section film columnist and reviewer, why actors in movies hold their wine [...]
New World vs. Old World cab blend tasting – affordable – assaggio majoralus
Here it is: the New World vs. Old World Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot and the other Bordeaux varietals blend tasting.
2004 Château d’Aiguilhe Comtes de Neipperg Côtes-de-Castillon, 13.5% abv, $25.97
70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon
2005 Villa Mt Eden Grand Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, 14.2% abv, $13.99
87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc, 4% Malbec, 2% Merlot
2005 [...]
I just don’t get it
But maybe you do. Just read this review:
2005 Romanee Conti, Domaine de la La Tache Grand Cru Pinot Noir 750ml – $2,849.99
Burghound, Jan 2008, 99 points: “There is only one word to do the nose true justice and that is kaleidoscopic as the aromatic breadth here is simply dazzling with red and black cherry, cassis, [...]
A kinder, friendly argument on Objectivity in Art
I was conversing with Badman this morning about Objectivity in Art. I admitted that I can’t hold my own in Architecture, Wines, and a few other Art forms that we love. However, Music, I can. So I will use Music as my example of Objectivity vs Subjectivity.
At that age of 11, I got heavily into [...]
New World vs. Old World cab blend tasting (prep)
Here is the preparation for this Friday’s New World vs. Old World Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot and the other Bordeaux varietals blend tasting.
2004 Château d’Aiguilhe Comtes de Neipperg Côtes-de-Castillon, 13.5% abv, $25.97
70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon
2005 Villa Mt Eden Grand Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, 14.2% abv, $13.99
87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc, 4% [...]
Art is Objective
This was argued in another post, but I wanted to revisit it. This is too important of a subject to let die out.
Art is objective. It is not subjective. Some art is better than others. Pablo Picasso is a better artist than Andy Warhol. Beethoven’s 6th is a better symphony than the 5th. The Romantic [...]
Cali (mostly) Cabs, an affordable Tier II assaggio majoralus
Okay, it’s in the can. The Royal Tannin Bomb’s Tier II affordable mostly California Cabernet Sauvignon tasting. This is in preparation for the Tier I tasting which at this point looks like it will be the best of the Old World vs. the best of the New World.
Tasting Date: 02/06/2009
Tasting Geeks: Tally-Ho, The Bad Man
Tasting [...]
The Evils of Technology
Flamenco wrote me this:
Take a look at some of your favorite 80s albums. One thing you will notice is they’re considerably SHORTER. I’m noticing this with my Metal albums as well as non-Metal. I think the push to make albums longer has hindered music, as you end up putting crap on there that in the [...]
