Wine Thoughts
Bottle Deposits Are a Tax
Most people, especially men, who grew up in the 50’s remember looking for soft drink bottles on roadsides and at neighbors. Do you remember those days? Why you ask? Because they would be redeemed at the local grocery store for $0.02 each and larger bottles were worth $0.05 each. It would not be unusual for a [...]
HERE’S TO YOUR HEALTH Ma’am
Another finding that red wine is good for women.
Concrete and Wine Are Simpatico
About a year ago I wrote a story about Delia Viader of Viader Wines in Napa. I was drawn to her story because of her passion for wine, the fact that she started from scratch and she was very innovative. It did not hurt that she is a very successful winemaker. One of her innovations [...]
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Napa Museum…Takes a human interest approach.
In February 2011, Kristie Sheppard left the Napa Historical Society and became the Executive Director of Napa Valley Museum. Napa Valley Museum is a 30+ year old institution situated just outside of Yountville, across from the Lincoln Theater. Napa Valley Museum houses 3 gallery spaces-one featuring the history of Napa Valley and the other two [...]
A toast-”To Your Health
Resveratrol, do you really know how good it is? A few years ago I started looking at anti-aging products with the concept that one should work on not looking old. The concept was to address anti-aging from the perspective of– inside out and outside in. Simplistically the idea was to take raw materials used in [...]
So your thinking about getting into the wine business!
Quote: “Who never drinks wine is a lamb, who drinks properly, is a lion, who drinks too much is a pig.” – from an inscription on an ancient Roman winery ruins discovered in southern Italy. I started my career in the travel business at Trans World Airlines selling incentive programs and corporate meetings. Along the [...]
Our Take on Aeration 101-The Spreathe
When Image of Wine decided to expand its product offering we looked into aerators. We sampled all the aerators we could find in the marketplace. We even ask a glass artist to explore crafting an aerator that would aerate yet be almost a kind of art. All of which is to say, we spent a [...]
“Wine Is A Living Thing”…Don’t Call It A Thing!?
Someone once said, “Wine isn’t a matter of life and death, it is much more important than that.” I frequently receive a rather nice newsletter from K & L Wine Merchants. (Digressing. I get NOTHING for mentioning a company and have never met anyone from K&L Wine Merchants.) Anyway, Leah Greenstein has a nice piece on wine [...]
Wine and Chocolates-Now who’s crazy
When Image of Wine started promoting chocolates paired with wine we invoked the name of Jerry Comfort of Beringer Wines and a few others. Nonetheless we received askance looks of disbelief that this was a market, even leading up to the holidays. A friend of mine at Rodney Strong Vineyards just brought to our attention [...]
Wine Aerators-Are they worth the effort?
I have the propaganda about the use of aerators, read reviews, used a lot of different styles, and talked to winery tasting room folks about their opinions. The reviews are like noses; everyone has one. Here is my take and I will admit, it is worth what you paid for it. The function of any [...]