More pictures from the road in Oregon. Yesterday I had another full day of visits, and I was joined by Elaine Brown and her daughter Rachel, who did some filming….
On the road in Oregon
I’m in the middle of a packed itinerary of visiting Oregon wine producers. I didn’t decide who I was going to see but left it in the hands of the…
So what did I learn about the way I use language to describe wine?
So, following on from the previous posts, what did I learn from the grand seminar? Josh Raynolds revealed a curious fact. Back in the 1920s and earlier, people used to…
The IPNC Grand Seminar, windows of perception
I love this picture. It’s a group photo of our panel at the IPNC Grand Seminar, which we did twice, on Friday and Saturday mornings. We were discussing how we…
Thoughts on language and wine
I’m just preparing for this morning’s session at the International Pinot Noir Conference here in McMinnvilla, Oregon. I have to moderate the grand seminar, which will be repeated again tomorrow,…
Thinking aloud about wine marketing
I’m in an airport. It’s a place where you are bombarded by marketing messages. It’s made me think about wine marketing. Spirit producers tend to do a lot more marketing…
Quinta do Noval Vintage Port 2012
So, Noval has done another ‘eccentric’ declaration, this time of the 2012, and it’s quite early, too. Christian Seely announced the declaration on his blog, earlier this month. His logic…
Comments on Bruce Palling’s anti-natural wine article
Bruce Palling’s article on natural wine has been the subject of a lot of debate over the last week or so. I’ve read it twice. Three times if you count…
Centonze Frappato 2013, a beautifully floral Sicilian red
I do like Frappato. It’s a grape variety that yields beautifully fresh, floral, lighter-style reds, even in the warm climate of Sicily. This is a truly seductive, floral example. Centonze…