“I needed somewhere to hang my head, without your noose…”

by Katie Gomez October 14, 2008

Perhaps it’s the full moon tonight, but I’ve just come across another winery that deserves the Brass Set Award. Anyone familiar with the Languedoc region in southern France knows that it’s forever been the black sheep of the wine family. Many people will tell you that all Languedoc wine is, in fact, crap. (I disagree, […]

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“What the winner don’t know, the gambler understands…”

by Katie Gomez October 13, 2008

Let’s all agree, for starters, that it takes a brass set of balls to allow consumers to post reviews of your wine on your website. Imagine Amazon-style commentary, but on your own wines. It’s a dangerous proposition because, after all, they could rant, and you’re leaving yourself open to that sort of griping. So not […]

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“Baby, a dangerous idea that almost makes sense…”

by Katie Gomez October 10, 2008

I gave my finger a nice slice the other day while reaching for a funnel, and it occurred to me that I should have some sort of OSHA warning in what I call my “crap drawer.” I’m usually pretty anal when it comes to buying (or in my case not buying) single-purpose tools, but you’d […]

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"Look at that mountain, look at those trees…"

by Katie Gomez October 8, 2008

I awoke to rain hitting the skylight in my bedroom and thought, shit, I’m supposed to go hiking today for the upcoming Wine Blogging Wednesday! Bacchus must have heard me cursing the clouds and parted them for me, so I could head up to the mountains of Ringwood, NJ with a wineau’s picnic packed into […]

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“If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze…”

by Katie Gomez October 6, 2008

If you’re standing in the aisle of a local wine shop, browsing the shelf talkers in the Italian section, and you find 2 bottles standing next to each other, one that costs about $10 and was rated 89 by Wine Spectator or Wine Advocate, and the other also costing $10 which was rated 90, which […]

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“She’s going to change the world, but she can’t change me…”

by Katie Gomez October 3, 2008

Let’s pretend for a minute that you are setting out to recreate “The Scream” by Munch, (humor me here), but you love daisies so much that you can’t resist throwing a few into the background. Is it still a replicate of The Scream? If you take the outer body of a Ford Mustang but put […]

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“The devil bowed his head, because he knew that he’d been beat…”

by Katie Gomez October 1, 2008

I’m gonna try a few new things here,  because I can’t stand the bland wine reviews that flower most wine blogs, but I do think discussing individual wines is important. The first ongoing series is going to be the “angel vs. demon” battle. Each time, I’ll pick a particular wine region and two of its […]

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“You’ve been thunderstruck, yeah, yeah, yeah, thunderstruck…”

by Katie Gomez September 29, 2008

It’s Sunday afternoon, so of course I’ve got the TV on with the Jets game running at fever pitch. Mind you, I’m not a Jets fan, but a football fan, and a good game is a good game. At this point in my life, when I watch the Jets play I’m thinking of two people: […]

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“You know the nearer your destination, the more you’re slip slidin’ away…”

by Katie Gomez September 26, 2008

Whenever I was in the company of an Italian who was very patriotic about his/her homeland’s exports, I used to ask them the following: “Hey, you know where the best Italian olive oil comes from? Spain!” It was a low blow I’ll admit, but despite the fact that many Italians are making amazing olive oil […]

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“What’s your name, little girl, what’s your name?…”

by Katie Gomez September 25, 2008

After blowing, yes BLOWING, $100K and 365 days of precious time, Temecula Valley tourism officials have opted to go with “Southern California Wine Country” as the area’s new slogan. File this under “WTF” and call it a day because if stating the obvious is the way to go in wine marketing these days, I’ve got […]

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