Robert Mondavi swings to profit from loss. Winemaker Robert Mondavi Corp. on Thursday posted a quarterly profit compared with a loss a year ago, when wine sales were hit by the aftermath of the Sept...
As I started to lose interest in the world series, I looked to open a bottle of wine to have with my baseball pizza. Soon the TV was changed to watch Gone Withe The Wind and I opened a bottle of 1999...
Thanks to my friend Rob for pointing me to the past three days of Gary Trudueu's classic Doonesbury syndicated comic strip. So rather than rant, flame, rave or otherwise fill the page...
Apple Unpeeled. Great overview on Apple technologies, their impact and some great interviews including interesting comments by Ave Tevaniam on digital rights management, bluetooth and Apple in the...
Oregon Wine. Pinot Noir and Next Economy Thinking. The following excerpt is from a longer article I uncovered at MSNBC/Newsweek that is worth reading. It discusses how innovative thinking is required...
Peter De Vries. “My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.” [Quotes of the Day]
Israel: Golan Heights Hires Top Woman Winemaker. Israel’s world-class Golan Heights Winery has hired one of California’s most celebrated women winemakers as a special consultant…...
I've had an AOL account since 1990. At the time, CompuServe was the king of online. Al Gore hadn't taken office and his aspirations of inventing the internet were mere dreams — or...
For years I've strongly advised my marketing and consulting clients against the use of stock photography. Advertisers and marketing managers can always find reasons not to shoot new and original...
For The Fear of Complexity. Will We Ever Understand French Wine? To truly understand the bizarre nature of French wine labeling and categorizing, you’d be better off with a law degree than a...
Toss your PC. Move away from the dark side and see the light. That's part of the message from Apple. And apparantly it's working. The Apple “Switch” campaign has extended beyond...
To be sure, I'm not a football fan. That is, football as defined by the rest of the “free world” other than the United States. Here, we call it soccer. But I couldn't help but...
1996. The Vintage. Well. Sitting here with CNN star and brother Jon drinking some of the best from California’s “hot” 1996 vintage. Tonight we’re drinking the Abreu and the...
1996. The Vintage. Well. Sitting here with CNN star and brother Jon drinking some of the best from California's “hot” 1996 vintage. Tonight we're drinking the Abreu and the...
The price of California wine, especially Napa Cabernet, has gone through the rough since dot com mania in 1999. But now you're starting to see many of the hard to get bottles gracing the shelves...
Wednesday night opened the 1999 Blancaneaux from Francis Ford Coppola. The sister wine to the Rubicon, it is a blend of Marsanne, Rousanne, Viognier with a bit of chardonnay thrown in. He makes 300...
Old rockers inevitably end up exploring or returning to the roots of music and as such the Americana “movement” continues to grow. On Tuesday Mark Knopfler's third solo effort was...
If not a bit extracted with a tinge of a vegatal characteristic. Not as sensuous as the 1999, but a palate pleaser and a price welcomed.
And Then There's Multimedia (remember that word) Also, I've been experimenting with iDVD and the DVD burner I purchased from OWC and using the DVD-enabler that apparently Apple asked them...
Sitting here with Jim Young discussing the probability that E.J. Gallo can produce a decent merlot for seven bucks.
Despite the fact that it rained for the entire 4 hours of this event, the 400 or so attendees didnt' seem to mind. The fourth annual event put on for Phelps' wine club (Phelps Preferred)...