Wine News Review

links for 2009-08-26

  • 'With one more outdoor summer holiday party to go, Labor Day seems worthier of shrimp and steak than the franks and burgers that filled the grill on the Fourth of July. So, too, the frivolous wines of mid-summer should give way to more serious bottlings, without paying too much for the pleasure of drinking them with good food.'
  • 'Richard Sanford is in his third incarnation as a winemaker. For a follower of Eastern philosophy who practices tai chi and considers himself a spiritual Taoist, reincarnation is not a far-fetched concept.'
    (tags: organic)