Rocks in Your Mouth
A group of geologists in Oregon have a few skeptical things to say about the notion of "minerality" in wine, the Southern Oregon Mail Tribute reports. They've got a good point or two—that the amount of actual minerals in wine is b...
Black Tea Vodka
When angry colonists threw tea into Boston Harbor in 1773, they had no idea that their rebellion would eventually lead to the American Revolutionary War in 1775, or that it would inspire the creation of another kind of beverage in 2009: Absolut Vodka...
Red Wine & Fish, or Why I Love Science!
So it seems that researchers in Japan have determined the cause of that horrible metallic super-fishy taste that occurs when some red wines are paired with fish. It's iron. Specifically, the amount of ferrous ion present in the wine. You can read...
Your Tongue & Bubbles
There's a fascinating article in the NY Times today about how the tongue perceives the particular taste of carbonated beverages—a category that includes sparkling wines. Evidently, it isn't the prickliness of the popping bubbles that gi...
Twitter Wine
Yes, oddly enough, social networking phenomenon Twitter is coming out with a wine (full story from the SF Weekly blog here). No idea how good the juice is, as it won't be bottled until August of 2010, but the proceeds are going to a good cause...
WineCountry.com: Events (Courtesy of WineCountry.com)
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Fair Scientopia gift faire featuring Hairloom Blooms Handysaks Stella and Dot Her Shoes Napa Baby Mary...
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Exhibition Located on 217 scenic acres in the Carneros region of Napa Valley the di Rosa...
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Live Music Yesterday And Today a top Beatles cover band from the New York metro area...
Dr. Vino's Wine Blog
Box vs bottle blind
Does a wine from a box taste any different from the same wine in a bottle?I recently led a tasting and we were able to put this question to the test. I poured the Domaine Grand Veneur, Cotes du Rhone, reserve, 2007 from a bottle (retail: $14) and a three-liter box ($45) and served [...]
Needy drunkard reveals uncorking technique sans corkscrew [video]
You know you’ve been there: on the street, desperate for another bottle, being filmed by your friends and without a corkscrew. Okay, maybe not on the street or desperate as with this guy in the video, but definitely without a corkscrew! Here’s a technique that Khrushchev would likely endorse the next time that situation arises! [...]
Just for the tech of it: SD26 wine list goes digital
The digital wave sweeping over the print world has found an unlikely target: the restaurant wine list.I stopped by SD26 on a recent weeknight and things were hopping. The restaurant, opened on Madison Square in September to the tune of $7 million, boasts a wine bar in the front. Tony May, who [...]
Why do American elementary schools equate wine and pot?
Last week, our first-grade son brought a pamphlet home from public school equating wine and pot.On one page, entitled “Drugs are trouble,” wine, beer, marijuana and cigarettes are graphically depicted in a cage making cat calls at children. Wine, marijuana; they’re both drugs! On the flip side, at least they differentiate between wine and [...]
Ringer wines
Tasting wines blind may not always be the right way to judge wines. But it is invariably fascinating.I contributed a short piece to Forbes.com about wines that could serve as “ringers” in a blind tasting. Have you ever organized a blind tasting at home (or professionally) and thrown in a “ringer”? Or if you [...]
