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Confessions of a Wine Marketer and Professional Know-it-All
I’ve got some opinions regarding the secret password of the modern wine industry. No not Social Media – Millennials. Hell, I am one. As someone in the trade, who both is young and looks younger, I’m pretty weary of being the spokesperson for this “future of the industry.” Here are the multitude of reasons why:
Podcast #6 Thanksgiving wine pairing blow out
In Episode #6 ChrisO and JonM are joined by the Windy City Wine Guy and discuss the right wines to pair with Thanksgiving celebrations. LISTEN NOW PODCAST #6 Thanksgiving Wine Pairing
Podcast #5 Tempranillo from Spain “This ones for you Heidi”
PODCAST #5 Tempranillo In Episode #5 ChrisO and JonM explore the Tempranillo grape from Spain and it’s two most prominent growing regions; Rioja and Ribera del Duero. The wines we tried from Rioja: Click on the picture for a link to the winery website The wine we tried from Ribera del Duero: Click on the [...]
PODCAST #4 The white wines of Galicia, Spain “Green Spain”
In Podcast #4 ChrisO and Jon explore, the white wines of Galicia located in the north western part of Spain. We are joined by AdamW and taste some of the stellar whites from the region. Introduction to Galicia: Galicia is in the northwestern corner of Spain, separated by mountains from the rest of Castilla-Leon and [...]
PODCAST #3 Bodegas Juan Gil and the wines from Jumilla Spain a one two punch…
In our latest podcast ChrisO takes a look at the Jumilla DO in Spain and explores the wines of Bodegas Juan Gil. LISTEN THE JUMILLA PODCAST NOW Jumilla DO, SPAIN This region used to be a huge supplier of simple wines to supermarkets all over Europe. Jumilla had up to late 80’s never suffered from [...]
Sherry Podcast
Chris and Jon discover the pleasures of Sherry, and yes we mean the wine! Listen in and maybe even learn something. LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST NOW . . SOME MORE INFO FOR YOU TYPES OF SHERRY: Fino: A pale straw-coloured wine with a sharp, delicate bouquet suggestive of roasted almonds, apple and yeast. Made from [...]
Wine is about the people
The one common thread that makes some of the wines, that I have had the occasion to taste, so enjoyable is the people and places that have accompanied those wines; their stories, laughter and camaraderie. What I am saying is that I believe that 95% of what elevates a wine from good to great is [...]
A Silly Champagne Award? I think NOT!
There are those who subscribe to truth-in-origin, and others who dismiss this notion as silliness. You could count the French, however you feel about them, most Europeans, the Slow Food Movement and perhaps Alice Waters among the former. The latter are of the flat-earth persuasion: the Mondovino coterie, the varietally obsessed wine lovers who discount the origins of wine and those who uphold McDonald’s uniformity of quality as something to attain as a goal.