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POLYESTER WINES
“Polyester Wines” is the title of a Wall Street Journal article by Robert Draper reviewing Edward Humes’ book A Man and His Mountain. The book is the biography of Kendall-Jackson winery founder Jess Stonestreet Jackson and Mr. Draper is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and National Geographic. The sidebar to the article says […]
Click here to read entire article »HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014!
Wow! What a year 2013 has been. For me, it was, unfortunately, the year of an unpredictable set back in my health (to read about that click here). But, fortunately, I am getting very much back to normal (whatever that is) and I am certainly looking forward to 2014. The new year 2014 is the […]
Click here to read entire article »THE UNDERGROUND IS BACK!
Just when some thought that I had disappeared into the big Underground wine cellar in the sky, I am back to earth! You see, when I last communicated I thought I would be gone for a few weeks. But, I underestimated. I had something far more serious, a staph infection in my spine that […]
Click here to read entire article »CALLING TIME OUT
Hard to believe, but we’re well into summer. For the Underground, I had planned several articles on light, value-priced white wines and distinctive new wines, as well as notes on several new and upcoming releases from California wineries. Alas, things sometimes just don’t work out the way we plan. So instead of doing these articles […]
Click here to read entire article »ROSÉ – IT’S TIME HAS COME
Summer 2013 – Rosé Time In a recent article in the Napa Register, Underground contributing editor Allen R. Balik wrote about rosé in an article entitled “Rosé – It’s Time Has Come”. The article offers a very good insight as to the history of rosé in the U.S. market and is reprinted below: Rosé […]
Click here to read entire article »ARE NUTRITIONAL LABELS COMING TO ALCOHOLIC DRINKS?
This is the question posed in a recent Associated Press article by Mary Clare Jalonick. Here is the first part of that article: ”Alcoholic beverages soon could have nutritional labels like those on food packaging, but only if the producers want to put them there. The Treasury Department, which regulates alcohol, said this past […]
Click here to read entire article »THE BLENDING GAME: ROSÉ & MORE
Yes, it’s that time of year. Summer is nearly here, and the rosé campaign is in full swing. New wines continue to arrive, and I am spending a lot of time tasting, drinking, and writing about the new 2012s. The first article was recently published (to read that article click here) and more will follow. […]
Click here to read entire article »ATTENTION ALL WINE CONSUMERS: WINE INGREDIENT LABELING IS HERE!
HERE IS THE FIRST LABEL FROM RIDGE VINEYARDS WITH INGREDIENT LABELING Ridge is now listing all the ingredients going into its wines on the back label. This is a historic event and is fully explained on their website in an article entitled “Why is Ridge adding INGREDIENTS to its back labels?” (To read […]
Click here to read entire article »EXCLUSIVE NEWS FLASH!
HOT NEWS ON SOME NEW INEXPENSIVE BIG NUMBERS WINES & A CHANCE TO MAKE SOME REAL BUCKS! Two buck chuck is now 3 buck chuck, a victim of the increasing cost of producing wine in California (To read an article on 2 buck chuck click here). And the Big Kahuna wines at 2 bucks […]
Click here to read entire article »THE GREATER FOOL?
Attention wine auction buyers! Do I have a deal for you!! Hello! If you follow wine auctions and the wine auction market, you may have noticed that a case of Henri Jayer Burgundy just sold for an incredible price. Here is the statement from the auction house that recently sold a case of 1990 Henri […]
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