You know it is a down economy when 7-Eleven comes out with its own wine for $3.99.
I don’t pay much attention to the absolute bottom of the wine price list, but it is the segment of the wine industry that is doing really well. And I have to admit that doesn’t surprise me. I personally […]
Entries Tagged as 'snobbery'
7-Eleven - the place for wine?
November 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: fruit bombs · snobbery · wine recommendations
Pate or dog food?
May 13th, 2009 · No Comments
Stephen Colbert apparently loved the recent paper that finds that 83% of people can not tell the difference between dog food and pate.
Great work by the authors - Robin Goldstein and John Bohannon. And check out Robin’s new blog, Blind Taste. It is worth a read.
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Tags: snobbery · wine-food pairing
Feeling overwhelmed by wine?
March 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments
The driving force behind the creation of PalatePrint™ was that we hated to go to the wine store.Standing in front of a seemingly endless number of bottles, how could you possibly know what to buy? What wine fits my palate? What goes well with the roasted acorn squash and Gorgonzola pizza I am […]
Tags: PalatePrint · snobbery
Educating wine newbies
January 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments
Brian and I started building Winescorecard back in November of 2006. We framed our original idea of using a compute algorithm as a tool to help people learn what kind of wines they like - to generate personalized wine recommendations based upon a person’s own individual taste. At the time, there really […]
Tags: PalatePrint · snobbery
How to (critically) Taste wine
January 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Most newcomers to wine will admit that they have no idea how to taste wine. And that’s good, because admitting that you have a problem is the first step. The second step is the online wine tasting course over at Wine lovers page.
It really is top-notch. You won’t find a better place […]
