This link was sent to me by reader Allan H: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124052234831749871.html?mod=dist_smartbrief The Wall Street Journal, not a publication to scoff at, has run what appears to be a press release from the wine and cheese industry in France. You are prompted to join hundreds of thousands of applicants in America to host a party for…
To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine… and those who don’t. As Ben Franklin said: In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria. In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 litre of water each day, at the end…
Slightly obnoxious size isn’t it? Something as big as the photo shows is meant to just be decorative only. But what happens when you bring 4 bottles of beautiful Chateauneuf du Pape and 2 more elegant Bordeaux to a restaurant? You don’t want the wine glass on the table normally reserved for ice water. And…
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…