I’m off to a Halloween murder mystery party over at Jordan Winery. Happily I’ve learned I’ll be sitting next to the Assistant Winemaker Ronald, so we’ll have plenty to talk about. Ronald is from South Africa and was trained at Stellenbosch . He also has a fantastic knack with storytelling. ...

A bunch of other wine bloggers have already mentioned Vinolin but I thought that I’d add to the chorus. It’s a great one stop shop for what’s been happening in the wine blogosphere. I manage probably 120 wine RSS feeds in my Netvibes homepage, which was a bit of a ...

Tyler Coleman AKA Dr. Vino has a fantastic post up about the super stealth new way to smuggle illicit beverages onto planes . The “secret beer belly” has even been featured on CNN. Good stuff. Also, Tyler was kind enough to mention us on the Fast Company.com blog last week ...

Ze Frank is an online weirdo/funny guy who never seems to blink and also moonlights as a brand philosopher. In his latest video he decontructs why John Mark Karr would lie about killing JonBenet Ramsey. Ze Frank contends that Karr was trying to attach himself with a more visible brand. ...

Kent is the winemaker of Green Truck Cellars , a small Pinot producer in Napa Valley. And when I say small, I’m talking 400-500 cases small. Earlier this year he traveled to France on a journey to discover more about the barrels he was using; how they were made, how ...

Every once in a while you have a day that reminds you that God loves us and wants us to be happy. Ben Franklin is often quoted as saying that wine was ample proof of the fact, but I think my day today qualifies as well. I went to watch ...

... has the details of his inspiring life. Very cool. The goal of the visit was to get a rough idea...

Over at Wine Sediments . Less than 400 cases made, so if you’re interested go give it a read.

Beginning in May, a new wine magazine for women will be available at newsstands throughout the U.S. This week editor-in-chief Michele Ostrove meets with like-minded men and women on the Women Wine Critics Board website to discuss the launch of Wine Adventure magazine. I’d like to encourage everyone to visit ...

... look to the past and loan against performance and current inventory. This is a very cool idea...