There’s a new Scotch shouldering its way into my liquor cabinet, threatening the alphabetical order of the rows, behaving like the brash teen that it is and taking more than its fair share of bravo calls: Tomintoul 16 year old. I didn’t find it “the gentle dram” from Speyside as the labelling predicted at a…
An exclusive update for Eve Wine 101er’s from Jeff Jacobson, wine chair for the annual SCV Wine Classic: I have not yet updated the list of wineries for this year’s Classic, but am receiving commitments from several outstanding wineries, with my own collection of older, library wines. There will be similar wineries as last year,…
In a moment of blind narcissism I have copied a new Facebook friend’s first blog post for my readers to read…and heartily agree with. She has a unique business – one I’ve been clicking through all week – thrift shopping on line: Instead of issuing the usual newsletter this week, I thought I would try…
After I posted a letter from Peter Goossens Founder of the Loose Goose (see post just below this one) I started receiving messages from Dear Wine Friends. Not everyone has a Yahoo account to comment on my blog. If you would like to add to this post you can e-mail me any time at ebushman@earthlink.net…
It’s 7:30 in the morning, and I have been sitting behind the keyboard for well over an hour trying to find the words to express the loss that has happened to all of us at The Loose Goose. It is with a heavy heart we share with you that as of yesterday afternoon The Loose…
I just finished reading (actually I listened to it on audio) Mireille Guiliano’s French Women Don’t Get Fat. In capital letters below the title is this: THE SECRET OF EATING FOR PLEASURE. The idea of a book telling me how to eat more pleasurably – than I already was – literally spoke to my decadent…
The Hormone Guide Women will understand this! Men should memorize it! Every woman knows that there are days in the month when all a man has to do is open his mouth and he takes his life in his hands! This is a handy guide that should be as common as a driver’s license in…
In wanting to be sure that I’ve covered wine 101 from, well, beginning to beginning (that’s why this isn’t a wine 102 blog) I recently tried to get through the Naked Grape’s Introduction to Wine with Ian White. The redheaded model was slightly distracting as she clung to his side throughout the DVD making silly…
The newspaper I used to write for has a story today on local drinkers, liquor and wine stores affected by the recession: http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/11184/ Vino 100 Valencia owner Lil Lepore is well quoted. (The store’s unnamed co-owner is Shari Frazier) One of the statements Lil made to support wine drinkers is that even though affected by…