Dr. Vino web picks
Although I generally make wine picks, there are also a few web items/web sites worth flagging:
wineforall.com: W.R. Tish says on his site that he got got carried away as an auctioneer and “sold off most of my full name.” If you haven’t discovered Tish’s writing, you have to check out his site. The serious points that underlie his light-hearted prose make him the leading candidate for the Jon Stewart of Wine Writers trophy. Sign up for his periodic email list to be kept au courant.
Amuse-bouche.net: Wine writer by day for MSNBC, Jon Bonne’s blog presents Jon unfined and unfiltered. I check his site regularly for his punchy reactions to news items for foodies and wine geeks. Jon points out a news story in his current “lagniappes” that French lawmakers are pushing to make foie gras “part of the cultural and gastronomic patrimony, protected in France.” I remarked earlier on the Chicago alderman who sought to ban foie gras from Chicago restaurants.
Jancis Robinson has now introduced a 15 day free trial option on her paid-subscription “purple pages.” Check out the lively and moderated forum in “your turn.”
Bertrand Celce, a French photographer, has spent this entire harvest in Hungary. He has excellent photos of the wine growing areas and people involved in the harvest there.
And the never-ending debate about “authenticity” versus technology is revived on HJWOW. On this note, I had a wine from a California producer with the name of Luddite Vineyards recently.
‘Nuff for now. Cheers.
