Tasting sized pours
“Whitehead would market his red strangler by taking it and a dozen bikini-clad women to clubs via his band’s tour bus.” Sure wine needs marketing but would this be a winning approach? Michael Whitehead, rocker, hopes his approach will get him cast in the new PBS reality wine show set to start filming this September in Paso Robles. [Bloomberg]
The Economist discovers the joys of Walla Walla wines: “Yet they are also elegant; unlike California’s wines, they do not overwhelm. Mr [Serge] Laville smiles. ‘“We all try to put the French touch in our wine,’” he says, ‘but not too much! Because we make wine for the American market.’ [Economist]
Helicoptere volant? Randall Grahm scopes out vineyard land from above–in England! [Decanter]
“No bottle of wine is worth more than $10, in my opinion.” Which California wine maker said this–and more!–at a press conference last week? Click to find out [SF Gate]
Georgian wine banned in Russia–except in the Kremlin cafeteria! [Daily Telegraph; background]
Hungarian monkeys drink almost 14 gallons of red wine a year–more than the per capita consumption rate in the US! Heck, it rivals France! I’ll have to add that to my cross-national tables…[CNN]
Moore Brothers opens in New York City! My full report soon…33 East 20th Street near Gramercy Park. See it on the nyc wine shop map.
