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Meg Houston Maker
Personal site at megmaker.com and food journal at makerstable.com.
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Grüner Veltliner, Tuning Fork for Terroir
Posted May 30, 2013 at Maker's Table
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Jeff was a lovely correspondent. I was so pleased to speak with him, and agree his accented English is divine.
Commented May 30, 2013 on Stepping Stone by Cornerstone at Maker's Table
Stepping Stone by Cornerstone
Cornerstone Cellars stakes its reputation on high-end California Cabernet Sauvignon and Oregon Pinot Noir. The winery recently released several new wines under its second label, Stepping Stone, including a Napa Valley Cabernet and two North Coast blends called “Rocks!” Unlike Cornerstone’s mai...
Sheldon Pinot Noir, Roma’s Vineyard
Posted May 16, 2013 at Maker's Table
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No Tomatoes: A Fundraising Parable
Posted May 1, 2013 at Meg Houston Maker
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Top Social Media Strategies for Wine Marketing
Posted Apr 24, 2013 at Maker's Table
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Stepping Stone by Cornerstone
Posted Mar 29, 2013 at Maker's Table
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Jon, thanks for reading, and for understanding.
Commented Mar 19, 2013 on The Story, Unseen at Meg Houston Maker
The Story, Unseen
I saw the bear this morning, from the big picture window in my bedroom. He was near our shed, ambling unconcerned toward the woodpile. He was a small bear, probably young, his body coal-black against the weathered planks. I caught just a glimpse before he dissolved into the green-gray tangle ...
Edmunds St. John Bassetti Syrah
Posted Mar 19, 2013 at Maker's Table
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The Story, Unseen
Posted Mar 16, 2013 at Meg Houston Maker
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Thanks, Alissa. I had seen the story, and greatly appreciate the cross-reference in its comments.
Commented Feb 21, 2013 on Wine Labels, Wine Ingredients at Maker's Table
Wine Labels, Wine Ingredients
Last week, wine writer Talia Baiocchi published the views of four industry professionals on whether wine labels should list the ingredients used in winemaking. Although she classified the story as a “Hot Topic,” her interview subjects—a sommelier, a winemaker, a distributor, and a retailer—see...
Steve, thanks for reading. I'm so glad you enjoy the site.
Commented Jan 14, 2013 on Palate Shepherd at Maker's Table
Palate Shepherd
I met William Allen about three years ago, online. At that point, he was tech exec by day, garage winemaker by night (and weekend), and advocate for Sonoma winemaking on his website, Simple Hedonisms. He seemed sociable and spirited, if slightly tinged by the Weltschmerz of one who must toil i...
Hi, Alana,
Thanks so much for you comments, and I'm glad you found his wines impressive, too. I look forward to tracking his progress in the future, and to tasting his '12 vintage, since by all accounts '12 was of the best California has seen in a long while.
Cheers,
Meg
Commented Jan 6, 2013 on Palate Shepherd at Maker's Table
Palate Shepherd
I met William Allen about three years ago, online. At that point, he was tech exec by day, garage winemaker by night (and weekend), and advocate for Sonoma winemaking on his website, Simple Hedonisms. He seemed sociable and spirited, if slightly tinged by the Weltschmerz of one who must toil i...
Congratulations, Alice! Well deserved.
Commented Jan 5, 2013 on Imbibe Mag's wine person of the year? Me. at The Feiring Line
Imbibe Mag's wine person of the year? Me.
I hope you don't mind this sharing. But I was really stunned and honored when Imbibe magazine chose me as their wine person of the year. And so a little love doesn't come by that often, I had to post. There's more on their FB page and website, but this is a profile, I'll definitely cherish. Than...
Palate Shepherd
Posted Jan 3, 2013 at Maker's Table
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Hi Patty,
Thank you so much for reading, and for adding your voice to the commentary. I appreciate your nuanced view of this complex issue, and like you, hope more wine marketers will decide to embrace transparency in the spirit of, as you so aptly put it, "honest conversation with a sense of humanity."
Cheers,
Meg
Commented Dec 24, 2012 on Wine Labels, Wine Ingredients at Maker's Table
Wine Labels, Wine Ingredients
Last week, wine writer Talia Baiocchi published the views of four industry professionals on whether wine labels should list the ingredients used in winemaking. Although she classified the story as a “Hot Topic,” her interview subjects—a sommelier, a winemaker, a distributor, and a retailer—see...
Party in a Box
Posted Dec 21, 2012 at Maker's Table
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JP, thanks for reading, and I'm glad you like my economical style.
If you've been working in longer form, you might already think of your stories as articles. My aim here is to encourage writers to take seriously both their writing and their reader's time.
Commented Dec 3, 2012 on One Line of Advice to Bloggers at Meg Houston Maker
One Line of Advice to Bloggers
Try referring to your blog as a "publication," your efforts as "writing," and your posts as "articles." Then watch what happens.
Mulderbosch Steen
Posted Nov 30, 2012 at Maker's Table
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SAHMmelier, that sounds like a nice variety of whites: sweet/floral, zingy/citrusy, and lush/stone-fruity. Which was your favorite with the meal? And which was your guests'?
Jon, thanks for the comment about ales and ciders. If you want to go local for Thanksgiving, beers and ales are a great choice because they're so widely available. That's less true for hard ciders, though. Here in New England, we have several good cider orchards with true cider apples, but in other states, it's hard to find the right kind of fruit. I think this category will grow over the next ten years or so, and we'll start seeing new plantings of old apple varieties to supply the demand.
Commented Nov 24, 2012 on Choosing Thanksgiving Wines at Maker's Table
Choosing Thanksgiving Wines
Late autumn, and harvest is done. We have at last conceded our fate and moved indoors. It’s time to lay a fire in the hearth, light the oven, and excavate the stew pot, roasting pans, and baking dishes from the dark recesses of our cupboards. It’s time to cook comfort food. The traditional ...
Fredric and Todd, thanks for reading and offering your thoughtful comments. I'm so glad you enjoyed the article.
I do like the idea of serving American wines for Thanksgiving, but I also like your sentiment about the melting pot. The Thanksgiving mythos has it that Pilgrims and natives dined together, and anyway, all those European vines are now grafted to American rootstock, right?
Commented Nov 19, 2012 on Choosing Thanksgiving Wines at Maker's Table
Choosing Thanksgiving Wines
Late autumn, and harvest is done. We have at last conceded our fate and moved indoors. It’s time to lay a fire in the hearth, light the oven, and excavate the stew pot, roasting pans, and baking dishes from the dark recesses of our cupboards. It’s time to cook comfort food. The traditional ...
Gwendolyn, thanks for the tip about ham and the plug for Zin and dry rosé, both of which are great choices. Beaujolais is also good with ham. I'd think a rosé of Zin could be terrific, too. But wait—haven't we seen that somewhere before?
Commented Nov 19, 2012 on Choosing Thanksgiving Wines at Maker's Table
Choosing Thanksgiving Wines
Late autumn, and harvest is done. We have at last conceded our fate and moved indoors. It’s time to lay a fire in the hearth, light the oven, and excavate the stew pot, roasting pans, and baking dishes from the dark recesses of our cupboards. It’s time to cook comfort food. The traditional ...
Thanks so much for reading, Jameson. I'm not afraid of acidity, but I know the word makes some people nervous. "Spirited" and "refreshing" are perhaps a bit more approachable.
Commented Nov 18, 2012 on Choosing Thanksgiving Wines at Maker's Table
Choosing Thanksgiving Wines
Late autumn, and harvest is done. We have at last conceded our fate and moved indoors. It’s time to lay a fire in the hearth, light the oven, and excavate the stew pot, roasting pans, and baking dishes from the dark recesses of our cupboards. It’s time to cook comfort food. The traditional ...
Choosing Thanksgiving Wines
Posted Nov 18, 2012 at Maker's Table
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Hemingway's great, just not necessarily my favorite wine writer.
Commented Nov 16, 2012 on Writing About Wine at Maker's Table
Writing About Wine
Wine is visceral, sensual, sensorial. When you begin a story about wine, don’t write, I arrived at the winery just after noon. I was late but they’d held my appointment open anyway. Time is an abstraction. Appointments are abstractions. Late is an abstraction. And who is this mysterious they...
Fabio and Sasha, many thanks for reading, and for your kind remarks.
Commented Oct 18, 2012 on Old World, New World, New Words at Maker's Table
Old World, New World, New Words
“all things are generated in this way, opposites from opposites… Even if we do not in every case have the words to express it, yet in fact is it not always inevitable that there is a process of generation from each to the other?” 1 —Plato Columbus Day got me thinking about the Old World ...
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