In the media
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Some stories of mine in print:
“Drink Outside the Box,” Op-Ed, The New York Times, 8/18/08
“Red, white or green?”, Op-Ed, The New York Times, 12/28/07.
“Finding Wine of a Certain Age,” Food & Wine, July 2007.
"Deconstructing a wine list" with Ray Isle, Food & Wine, July 2006.
“Innovations in Wine Retail,” Special Fall 2008 Best of Wine issue, Wine & Spirits.
“What’s your wine’s carbon footprint?” Wine & Spirits, February 2008.
“The five best wine blogs you’re not reading,” Wine & Spirits, September 2007.
“The Decision Makers,” and “Red, white and Green,” in The Guardian and The Observer, September 6 & 7, 2008.
"Politics and wine," a new entry for the third edition of the Oxford Companion to Wine, Jancis Robinson, ed., 2006.
Stories or mentions of DrVino.com in other media:
“Dr. Vino. The world is awash in wine bloggers — and we figure the more people who read and write about wine the better — and one good example is DrVino.com, which is well-written, well-researched, calm and, dare we use the word, sober.” - Dorothy Gaiter & John Brecher, in “Singing the ABCs of Wine - The columnists’ updated glossary swaps Parker for Dr. Vino and Vayniacs; why there are 27 entries,” The Wall Street Journal, 5/16/09
“Fun and refreshing.” –Jancis Robinson, MW, OBE
One of the “fresh voices taking wine journalism in new and important directions.” -Michael Steinberger in The World of Fine Wine, Issue 19, 2008.
Profiled in an author Q&A in the Wall Street Journal, “The Politics of Wine,” July 22, 2008.
Also quoted in “Higher Prices, New Options Damp Demand for Beaujolais,” November 20, 2008 The Wall Street Journal.
On “Marketplace” discussing the wines of Kentucky, 6/2/08. Listen here.
The Bryant Park Project, NPR, February 4, 2008. Tyler Colman of DrVino.com explains why it’s hard for wine to cross state lines. Listen now.
“ABC News Now spoke with wine expert Tyler Colman, aka ‘Dr. Vino,’ to see how the wines would shape up on the baseball diamond…” Commenting on the Red Sox charity wines. Program aired June 6, 2007.
Quoted in “Wine Bars Grow Up and Squeeze In,” The New York Times, April 9, 2008.
Quoted in ““Wine’s Pleasures: Are They All in Your Head?” NYT May 7, 2008.
“Ultimately, context may be the most underrated aspect of enjoying wine. Tyler Colman, a wine writer and blogger (drvino.com), whose first book, “Wine Politics,” will shortly be published by the University of California Press, has a second book coming out this fall, “A Year of Wine” (Simon & Schuster), that focuses on context.
“The mood and the food and the context really matters,” he said. “It’s the neglected pairing.”
Quoted in “Napa Vintners Seek Cachet, Profit With Labels,” Bloomberg, July 1, 2008
On talking about bargain bubbly, 12/31/08. View segment!
and on again talking about the economic downturn and value wines, 12/26/08 View segment!
On “Morning Living,” Martha Stewart Radio, Sirius satellite radio, talking about A Year of Wine and bargain bubbly, 12/31/08.
Recommended Ten independent wines for Independence Day on Forbes.com, July 2, 2008. See the story (and slideshow) or head straight to the video!
“Wines Columbus Would Drink,” 10/08/08, Forbes.com With video!
Quoted in “Plastic Pinot,” 7/24/08, Forbes.com
Quoted in “Most And Least Pricey Steakhouse Wine Lists” 1/15/09, Forbes.com
Referenced in, “The Whine Critics,” April 23, 2009. Forbes.com
Quoted in “The Parker Holdouts,” Portfolio.com 2/13/09
Quoted in “R.I.P. Box Wine,” Financial Times, Mar 27, 2009.
Tasted and commented on three wines sold to benefit Red Sox charities, the Schardonnay (Curt Schilling), Manny Being Merlot (Manny Ramirez) and the Caberknuckle (Tim Wakefield). May 28, 2007 Sports Illustrated (pdf).
Quoted in “This wine is making me feel…sneezy” September 15, 2008. [ABC News]
Quoted in “Where Bordeaux is concerned, the bulls have it,” January 22, 2008 [Reuters]
“Another credit crisis victim: wine prices” February 5, 2008 [Reuters]
“Dr. Vino, one of our favorite wine blogs…”
Grub Street, New York magazine.
Quoted in “Sniffing around for wine deals” 12/16/2007, Daily News.
Quoted recommending the Pierre Peters Champagne, Valentine’s day, 2007. US News & World Report. 2/9/07
“The creator of the wine Web log DrVino.com, Tyler Colman, announced that for millennials, ‘wine is the new black,’ offering ‘a lot more return on your social investment than beer.’” NY Sun, May 9, 2007
“One of the three best wine blogs.” Fast Company magazine
May 2006
“…the popular Dr. Vino wine blog” Hartford Courant 11/26/07
Quoted in “Wine Pairings: The Grape Crusades” Express (Washington Post) 11/2/07
One of the “seven best wine blogs.” Food & Wine magazine, October 2005. “Colman intelligently explores the intersection of wine, politics and business…”
Some coverage of my research on the carbon footprint of wine:
ECOLOGY: THE WINE DIVIDE, (the carbon footprint of wine) January 11, 2008, Science.
The data were the basis of a graphic in the May 2009 issue of the National Geographic magazine. See the graphic and discussion on the blog.
“I’ll have the Bordeaux, thanks,” Environmental Capital blog at the The Wall Street Journal. 2/19/08
Cited in “Movable Feast Carries a Pollution Price Tag,” by Elisabeth Rosenthal, The New York Times, Business Section. April 26, 2008. In the series “The Food Chain: A Food’s Carbon Footprint”
Mentioned in “Big Foot” by Michael Spector in The New Yorker, February 25, 2008.
“The benchmark carbon footprint report…” Wine Enthusiast magazine, May 2008.
“Shrink the bottle, save the planet,” The Globe and Mail (Toronto), August 20, 2008.
“The Carbon Footprint of Wine” on LiveScience.com (reproduced on Yahoo News, MSNBC and more). 11/10/2008
Cited in a graphic on the carbon footprint of the Thanksgiving meal, Washington Post, 11/23/08
“Vine Renaissance,” Continental inflight magazine, September 2008.
“How Green is Your Packaging?” January 2008, Wines & Vines
“Message in a barrel,” The Nature Conservancy
“Study says East Coasters should drink French,” Treehugger.com
And other blog mentions in: The Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune, Dayton Daily News, Columbus Dispatch and…
Quoted in “Crossover Dreams” Baltimore Sun 10/25/07
Interviewed by John Lindner of the Baltimore Sun on his podcast, “blography.” Mp3 file here.
“GreenSpace: Wine in a box: Earth-friendly, and the taste is ‘actually decent,’” Philadelphia Inquirer, 8/25/08.
“America’s most eminent practitioner of wineology muses on plonk gossip.” 3/10/07 The Guardian (UK)
“Blogarithms: Big Apple and humble grapes,” Jan 28, 2008, Metro NY
"Wine hits of 2006," New York Sun, 12/17/06
“Tyler Colman, also known as Dr. Vino (DrVino.com),found his best wine memory of 2006 in a humble but highly useful wine…”
Interviewed in "Get Saucy," a podcast from TimeOut Chicago. 10/5/06
"100 wines and you’re in the club," Macleans (Canada), 5/22/06
"Short sips," Urban Vintage column, New York Sun, 2/22/06 “There’s a new guide in town…”
Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal Constitution, and more…
As well as leading web sites and blogs such as: Salon.com, TheStreet.com, portfolio.com, alphaville blog at FT.com, LifeHacker.com, Treehugger.com, Problogger.com, Kottke.org, Freakonomics.com, HuffingtonPost.com, DailyKos.com, The Consumerist, Gothamist, LiveScience.com, The Daily Green, Luxist.com, Forked blog at GQ, nymag.com, Gridskipper, Eater, Eater LA, Curbed, FastCompany.com, ForeignPolicy.com, Wall Street Journal blogs, planetgreen.discovery.com, slashfood.com, SeriousEats.com, gamberorosso.com, and Epicurious.com among others.
“The Colors of Cognac,” a Food & Wine top blog post of the week, 2/2/07
“Cognac in the barrel and in the cellar," a F&W top blog post of the week 2/2/07
“Cognac word of the day: alembic," a F&W top blog post of the week, 1/26/07
“Quality guaranteed?" a Food & Wine top blog post of the week, 10/27/06
“Mourvedre: the next big red?” a Food & Wine top blog post of the week. 10/13/06
“City swallows first growth” a Food & Wine top blog post of the week. 5/24/06
“New York City Wine Bars," a Food & Wine top blog post of the week. 4/21/06
“Taste the terroir of the Marlboro Man," (Utah wineries), a F&W blog post of the week, by guest author Mark Ashley. 7/21/06
 Winner, Best Wine Blog, American Wine Blog Awards 2007 |  Winner, Best Wine Blog Writing, American Wine Blog Awards 2007 |  Nominee, Best Website Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurant or Nutrition, James Beard Foundation Awards 2007 |
Some stories of mine in regional or trade publications:
"When a cold trend is good: Premium sakes starting to gain acceptance" Chicago Tribune, 1/12/05
"A wine cellar in every home?" Chicago Tribune, 4/21/04
"Holiday bubbles that don’t break the bank" Chicago Tribune, 12/17/03
"Patrons drinking up at BYOBs" Chicago Tribune, 11/21/03
"Missing in Mendoza: Americans," Wine Business Monthly, January 2007
"Partners in Wine" Wine Business Monthly, January 2006
"Currency Hedging Provides Shelter for Importers," Wine Business Monthly, November 2004
One of the "seven best wine blogs." 