Archive for November, 2007

Yes, Ma’am

Thursday, November 29th, 2007 Posted in food & wine pairing, grapes, reviews, wineries | 5 Comments »

When the Doctor tells me to eat takeout, I don't ask questions. I just scamper my way on down to Pao's Mandarin House and pick me up some Three ... Read more..

Tasting Goes With: Beef

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 Posted in food & wine pairing, industry, reviews | 7 Comments »

Got my first sample for review the other day, from Fred Schwartz in sunny California. Fred's company Riddling Bros. has this unreleased wine, really a wine brand concept, called Goes ... Read more..

Whence value?

Monday, November 26th, 2007 Posted in industry, regions | 6 Comments »

I really enjoy American wines, but when I'm looking for an interesting wine for very little money, I never go American. I look at Spain, Portugal, Southern France, New ... Read more..

The Cost of Change

Monday, November 26th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Well Ms. Scamp went to the office today and realized older browsers (most notably Internet Explorer 6.0) don't like our fancy translucent backgrounds and fades. Rest assured dear readers ... Read more..

I feel pretty

Sunday, November 25th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Hey, check it y'all! My beloved Mr. Scamp spent most of his long weekend re-working my site, and I love it! We put up ads of course, because it's time ... Read more..

Pardon My Dust

Saturday, November 24th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Hi, I'm Tom. I'll be screwing up Ms. Scamp's site for the next few hours. Sorry about that. But don't go away, it will be improved and ... Read more..

Your Beaujolais Bandwagon, let me jump on it

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 Posted in food & wine pairing, industry, reviews | 4 Comments »

Dr. Vino is so right. Beaujolais Nouveau is an ecological nightmare: this marketing ploy invented by Georges DuBoeuf in which all points of the planet receive "new," raw wine from ... Read more..

WBW #39 Round-up, WBW #40 announced

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 Posted in Wine Blogging Wednesday | 2 Comments »

Check out Neil the Brooklynguy's round-up of Wine Blogging Wednesday #39, Silver Burgundy.  Neil went to every participant's post, near as I can tell, and commented on their reviews, which ... Read more..

Giving Thanks, Not Advice

Monday, November 19th, 2007 Posted in basics, food & wine pairing | 2 Comments »

OK, so I love love love love love Thanksgiving. It's a secular holiday that is not corrupted by snarly patriotism, and it's the only US holiday that has an integral ... Read more..

Community

Sunday, November 18th, 2007 Posted in blogosphere | 4 Comments »

My friend Gabrielle at Eternal Vigilance awarded me a Community Blogger Award, invented by Red Sultana to celebrate those in the blogosphere that "reach out and makes the blogger community ... Read more..