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Jeff Siegel
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The 12 things an author worries about after writing a wine book
1. The truck carrying the books will crash on I-57 in Illinois, and 12 boxes will be scatterd across various Midwestern cornfields. 2. All of the friends you asked to review the book will rip it. 3. No one will... Continue reading
Posted Feb 24, 2014 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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Texas and Drink Local Wine's sixth annual Regional Wine Week
Regional wine week started yesterday, and what kind of co-founder and past president would I be if I didn't participate? So here are my links for this year's effort, focusing on the changes in Texas wine since I started writing... Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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Wine review: Spy Valley Riesling 2011
Posted Oct 4, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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Coming next week: The new Wine Curmudgeon website
That's the schedule, anyway. The new site will be easier to use and will look better, but will contain the same quality content that has made it one of the best-read English language wine sites on the Internet since 2007.... Continue reading
Posted Oct 3, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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How low are wine prices these days? Awfully low
There has been a lot of news about wine prices holding steady lately, but it's been mostly economic -- studies, analysis, and so forth. That's the kind of stuff, as accurate as it is, that is sometimes painful for consumers... Continue reading
Posted Oct 3, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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Wine of the week: Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc-Viognier 2012
What's not to like about the Pine Ridge ($10, purchased, 12%)? It's cheap and it delivers so much more value than what it costs that I can't find a sufficient metaphor to describe how much more value that is. The... Continue reading
Posted Oct 2, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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Winebits 301: Drink Local Wine, wine costs, wine experts
• Regional wine week: Drink Local Wine will hold its sixth annual Regional Wine Week from Oct. 6 to Oct. 12, which means everyone has a chance to be a wine writer. Maybe that's my legacy as one of the... Continue reading
Posted Oct 1, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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Fine analysis, Thomas. When I made some calls for this post, the stuff that was really funny was, as Tish called it, inside baseball. And that may be funny to you or me, but it's not going to be funny -- let alone make any sense -- to the average wine drinker that I want to read the blog.
Commented Sep 30, 2013 on Wine comedy, and why I wish more of it was funny at The Wine Curmudgeon
Wine comedy, and why I wish more of it was funny
This year, I wanted to do more silly stuff on the blog – after all, wine is supposed to be fun. The Winestream Media is almost always deadly serious, and even I fall into that rut more than I should. So the do-it-yourself wine review and the April Fool’s Day post were my attempts to lighten thin...
Wine comedy, and why I wish more of it was funny
This year, I wanted to do more silly stuff on the blog – after all, wine is supposed to be fun. The Winestream Media is almost always deadly serious, and even I fall into that rut more than I should.... Continue reading
Posted Sep 30, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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Mini-reviews 52: Beach House, Trump, Hedges, Drouhin
• Beach House Sauvignon Blanc 2013 ($10, sample, 13%): South African white was much different than I thought it would be -- young and fresh and citrusy, with a bit of a pithy finish. It’s a one-note wine, but delivers... Continue reading
Posted Sep 27, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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Sadly, I don't make this stuff up, Jason: "I think he was the appropriate person to kick the company off as a public company," Mr Rayner said, adding that Mr Dearie's strategy of focusing on luxury and mass-market prestige, or "masstige" brands, was appropriate." It's in the link at the analyst quote.
Commented Sep 27, 2013 on The Treasury debacle, masstige wines, and what the consumer is trying to teach the wine business at The Wine Curmudgeon
The Treasury debacle, masstige wines, and what the consumer is trying to teach the wine business
When will the wine business figure out I buy on price? The Wine Curmudgeon, despite his brilliance as a writer, is a lousy businessman. How else to explain that former Treasury Wine Estate CEO David Dearie earned A$2.4 million (about US$2.25 million) for running his company into the ground, w...
The Treasury debacle, masstige wines, and what the consumer is trying to teach the wine business
Posted Sep 26, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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Wine of the week: Domaine de la Janasse Terre de Bussiere 2009
Posted Sep 25, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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Winebits 300: Wine prices, Texas wine, Google
• Pricing pressure – in the other direction: Just in time for the Cheap Wine Book (and the shameless plugs will eventually stop) comes this blog post from banker Rob McMillan. “Attempting to increase bottle pricing --even in an allocated... Continue reading
Posted Sep 24, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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Cupcake wine review 2013
Posted Sep 23, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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Expensive wine 54: Charles Heidsieck Champagne Brut NV
Posted Sep 20, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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Retailers and wine prices
Wine-Searcher.com has great news for wine drinkers: “Increased transparency of wine prices worldwide means retailers are no longer able to charge excessive prices.” So how does that jibe with what I saw yesterday – a national retailer charging $17 for... Continue reading
Posted Sep 19, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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We believe in amazing cheap wine here on the blog, Ann. Thanks.
Commented Sep 18, 2013 on Wine of the week: Luc Pirlet Pinot Noir Barriques Reserve 2010 at The Wine Curmudgeon
Wine of the week: Luc Pirlet Pinot Noir Barriques Reserve 2010
The Wine Curmudgeon's winning streak with cheap pinot noir from the Languedoc region of France continues. First, there was the Tortoise Creek, and now there is the Luc Pirlet ($10, purchased). Who'd have thought this was possible, given the region's problems with pinot noir? Frankly, this was m...
Wine of the week: Dry Creek Fume Blanc 2012
Posted Sep 18, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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Winebits 299: Cheap wine, wine prices, wine temperature
• It’s OK to drink cheap wine: Not shocking news, I know, but it always makes the Wine Curmudgeon smile when others realize it. The latest affirmation comes from the International Business Times. The piece rambles quite a bit, touching... Continue reading
Posted Sep 17, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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Smug? Me? Heaven forfend.
The difference in identifying those kinds of wines in 2023 is that I don't know, save for YellowTail, anything has had the kind of impact Blue Nun did. People drink a lot of Barefoot, but hasn't been as famous as Blue Nun was.
Commented Sep 16, 2013 on When Blue Nun ruled the wine world at The Wine Curmudgeon
When Blue Nun ruled the wine world
In the 1980s, the German company that produced Blue Nun exported 2 million cases of the cheap, sweetish white wine, making it the YellowTail of its day. In this, it was supposed to be the fabled gateway wine -- something that would introduce non-wine drinkers to wine. Then, they would progress f...
Thanks, Amy. Trying new wine is not only easy, but fun. I wish we could get the message out to more wine drinkers that they don't have to stick to the same thing.
Commented Sep 16, 2013 on Cheap wine for dinner at The Wine Curmudgeon
Cheap wine for dinner
Toward the end of last month's $3 wine epic, I got very tired of cheap wine. Or at least it seemed that way. And the Wine Curmudgeon was embarrassed. How could one of the world's foremost advocates of cheap wine be tired of it? Which led to some serious reflection. Had I finally reached the chea...
Cheap wine for dinner
Toward the end of last month's $3 wine epic, I got very tired of cheap wine. Or at least it seemed that way. And the Wine Curmudgeon was embarrassed. How could one of the world's foremost advocates of cheap wine... Continue reading
Posted Sep 16, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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I hope you're right, Blake. Wine does taste better when the pairing is correct.
Though, between what I've seen here in the middle of the country, talking to consumers, and the studies that do exist, I don't know that you are right. I think people who drink Cupcake Red Velvet drink it because they like it, and not because it goes with anything.
Commented Sep 13, 2013 on The myth of wine and food pairings at The Wine Curmudgeon
The myth of wine and food pairings
The ancient Greeks, who didn’t understand gravity or the Bell curve, attributed the mysteries of the universe to the gods, and it served them well. Need a victory in battle? Pray to Zeus. Not sure about the future? Visit Apollo’s oracle at Delphi. Wine and food pairings are wine’s version of Gre...
When Blue Nun ruled the wine world
In the 1980s, the German company that produced Blue Nun exported 2 million cases of the cheap, sweetish white wine, making it the YellowTail of its day. In this, it was supposed to be the fabled gateway wine -- something... Continue reading
Posted Sep 13, 2013 at The Wine Curmudgeon
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