Jan 17, 2013
I tapped open my iPad last night to get back to a book I am in the process of devouring and noted the many books that are held in that device. I hadn’t noticed it before then, but the display of this collection of reading material reminded me of something I hadn’t looked at in a long time. I got up from my reading chair and paced into the next room, flipped on the lights and there it was: a…
Dec 5, 2012
It’s been called the best five minutes in the history of Jazz. I’d be hard pressed to deny this assessment of “Take Five”, the great composition by Paul Desmond and performance to perfection by Dave Brubeck, who died today at 91 years of age. Many wine lovers will point to a particular wine and insist it was the wine that put them on the road to wine geekdom. For me it was never one wine. But I can say this:…
Dec 3, 2012
“You, know, the rule of thumb is that once you’ve done something for 10 years, you’ve created one sentence in your obituary, maybe a paragraph if the writer is feeling frisky.” This was the response blurted out by a gentleman after he learned that I’d recently completed my 8th year of blogging about wine here at FERMENTATION. I was introduced to him at a party last night and he mentioned that he’d read this blog. He asked how long I’d…
Nov 28, 2012
It is the holidays and gift giving is in the air. One question for those living a wine-minded life is how best to give wine as a gift? After all, we wine lovers to like to pass on our obsession, either in writing, in talk or in gift. Off the bat, let’s agree that a good and proper gift is one that at least demonstrates the giver has thought about the recipient and their nature. This is a low bar…
Nov 21, 2012
Is there room for a Bali Hai Blog?