Something that some wine reviewers and bloggers debate is whether they should write up the bad reviews or not. As far as I’m concerned, if a producer puts a bottle on the shelf and wants my dime for it, well… it’s fair game. I also consider it a responsibility to frugal wine drinkers everywhere to [...]
My exploration of inexpensive cabernet sauvignon has given me an affinity for Chilean wine. I’ve found a number of good, affordable bottles of cabernet from Chile, and this review reveals yet another example.
The Cousiño Macul winery was founded in 1856 by Matías Cousiño and has remained in the Cousiño family since its inception. It is now owned and [...]
“Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine”
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Aquinas wines are named after St. Thomas Aquinas, but not because of that quote. Producer Don Sebastiani & Sons chose the Aquinas name as a metaphor. St. Thomas Aquinas united science and religion at a time when the two were at odds. Similarly, [...]
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology hypothesized that marketing factors, such as the price of a product, could have an impact on experiential perceptions such as pleasantness. And they put the idea to the test with wine.
In the study, recently published by the National Academy of Sciences, researchers told participants that they would [...]
2½ bottles of wine a week can save your life
That’s the headline from a story published in The Times today. According to this article, those who drink up to 14 drinks each week have a lower risk of death from heart disease than than both heavy drinkers and non-drinkers.
“A weekly moderate alcohol intake reduced the [...]
My search for good cheap Cabernet Sauvignon continues with another selection from the Colchagua Valley region in Chile. I’ve been finding a number of interesting Cabs from Colchagua Valley and with good reason. It has been characterized as the next Napa Valley as its characteristics are very similar to Napa Valley 50 years ago. The [...]
With the presidential primary elections quickly approaching I started pondering: If I were to describe the 2008 presidential candidates by comparing them each to a type of wine, which wines would I pick?
I tried to do this in a non-partisan way (i.e. I lambasted both dems and republicans, although a few got off clean). You [...]
