The symbiotic relationship between bloggers and journalists is an interesting one... Over at theshowroom restaurant, in Cape Town, a similar relationship exists. Flamboyant Bruce Robertson, ex Advertising creative and former head chef at the exclusive Cape Grace Hotel, offers...

Like a ship in the night, like a Mary Celeste on the seas of Bree Street, Mishcuisine floats bright lit and glowing an ethereal green. And after a number of attempts, all thwarted by very wordly disincentives (closed now for lunch, no power in the building, the credit card machine ...

On Friday, three bottles of wine compromised by cork: Bottle one - a corked wine, spoilt by TCA in the cork. Bottle two - an oxidised wine, compromised by a leaking cork. Bottle three - a dry cork that broke in the neck, so that the cork had to be ...

VinterActive Cultivates Customer Relationships for Wineries using Listrak Email Marketing By Megan Ouellet, Director of Marketing for Listrak To run a successful winery, you must be attentive, creative, and above all, patient. The perfect bottle of wine cannot be rushed – it takes time ... ? Wineries know that they must put that same attention into cultivating customer relationships. While...

Forum: Social Hall Posted By: Walter Page Post Time: 04-10-2008 at 08:49 PM

In late October, sweethearts Josh Rosenstein and Carrie Mathewson pledged their love on our wooden swing. There has been a swing on this 100-year-old black walnut for at least 80 years, according to our neighbor Joe Barloggio.   On a balmy fall afternoon, Josh proposed to Carrie against a backdrop of ...

Wine industry periodicals.

I feel as though I haven't posted in many days. It's been two, but I guess it's because I've been absorbed in an unusually interesting book. The book is Il Romanzo del vino (The Romance of Wine), which was published...

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Roel van Gestel Post Time: 08-28-2008 at 12:15 PM

Vintner Jamie Kutch, 33, started out with nothing. No grapes, no winery, no experience and no real idea whether his dream to make wine would work out. But it has. At age 31, he opted to quit his job as a New York investment banker and stock trader and change ...