Sparky Marquis, who together with wife Sarah are introducing Mollydooker wines, escorted their first vintage into the Nashville market this past week. Mollydooker means left-handed, which is how Sparky invites a handshake. Included in the 4-item line is the first...

Hartley Ostini* Hitching Post Wines were made famous in the 2004 wine/road film "Sideways ". The Hitching Post Restaurant in the small Santa Barbara County town of Buellton served as a location for several scenes in the film, including this one (see trailer "Windmill" ). Besides having been a movie ...

Forum: Social Hall Posted By: Steve Timko Post Time: 03-11-2008 at 01:44 AM

Are you a blog list celebrity? Check your status here: http://www.kineda.com/?p=1166 I am looking forward to see one or two wine blogs join the "A" list. Unfortunately we are still only "C" list blog celebrities. LOL. Inertia - Powering the Wine Revolution ---Paul Mabray - CEO...

... future since a few Canadian celebrities are putting their names behind some of these wines. Much ... out of the house and into these wineries. For others, the money celebrities have to invest ... these days. Celebrities help make them possible. Yup, Canadian wines are headed for new-found status in the years ahead, and the way will be paved in part by celebrities. Joni Mitchell Wine , anyone...

William Spain wrote an interesting piece on the growing number of alcohol beverage brands that use celebrities as marketing leverage. Mainly confined to smaller niche players like Drinks America, companies are finding benefits to using famous names which include brands like Tump Vodka, J. Garcia wine, Sammy Hager’s Cabo Wabo and Marilyn Merlot. “With a few notable exceptions, the industry's...

No, I'm not going to write about Lindsay's latest bad choices or Paris's latest drink of choice. But I will be writing a print article soon on celebrity-branded alcohol. I tend to prefer the wine side of things, where celebrities such as Tool's Maynard James Keenan get hands-on with the winemaking process (Caduceus/Merkin Winery). But there are also other products out there - like...

& Holiday Card Released as Public Service Announcement Crave Cocktails, the ultimate destination for young guys looking to get themselves (and their dates) all lit up for the holidays, today released the results of a national “Hollywood Drunks” poll where young men were invited to vote for their favorite DUI/DWI ...

Okay, we wouldn’t be a respectable blog based in Los Angeles without featuring some sort of celebrity fluff piece on occasion. Hence, the few actors and personalities that we’re tangentially linked to have agreed (whether they know it yet or not) to share some of their wine experiences with us ...

... edition of ‘Celebrities drink wine, just like ‘US’ starring Sara Rue! Woo hoo! Note, our questions...