Thoughts On Being A 2012 Wine Blog Awards Finalist, Part I (with apologies to Shunryu Suzuki) — “In Japan we have the phrase ‘shoshin’, which means ‘beginner’s mind.’ The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.” “This… Read More ›
Wine & Philosophy
11 Antonyms For Simpleton
brainiac geek highbrow know-it-all rocket scientist egghead smarty-pants Einstein elitist nerd snob — Snob. SNOB. snob. “Snob.” That’s the word. It’s that word that the world of wine encounters all the time. But what I want to know is, what… Read More ›
Oeno Econ: Thoughts On Austerity
If you follow economics in any fashion at all, and certainly if you’ve been following the European Debt Crisis, then you’ll likely be familiar with the term “Austerity.” And so there I was, driving my “normal” commute from Santa Cruz… Read More ›
Oeno Econ: Thoughts On Art, Wine, & Investment Potential
Oeno Econ. Wine & Economics. Art & Commerce. How about these for a pair of quotes? The first is from a letter to the editor in Decanter magazine, and the second is from a letter to the editor in The New York… Read More ›
The Duende
To express the inexpressibilities; this is the challenge faced by the word when its instruments and agents are applied to the intangible. How do you explain what love is? How do you write a flavor? How do you describe a… Read More ›
Consistency, Wine, & The Market
Consider “market pressure” in the wine industry, particularly as it relates to the fiscal realities of producing wine. A producer of wine lives in many, many time zones concurrently. At any given time, one lives within the following: –Land laying fallow, awaiting new planting. –New… Read More ›
