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Fake Restaurant Wins Wine Spectator Award

Liz Pirnat — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:51:57 +0000

This is too good to NOT post.

For years I’ve wondered about Wine Spectator’s Restaurant Awards. Mostly coming to the conclusion that the restaurant needs to pay the fee and a large enough wine list to meet the various levels. But the fact that someone made up a restaurant and won the award just makes this more beautiful.

ABC really ABBJ?

Liz Pirnat — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:24:35 +0000

Decanter is reporting that Brits are drinking less Chardonnay. A drop of 3% to be exact. What amuses me the most about this is one comment is that Bridget Jones is part of the reason Chardonnay sales are dropping. Before Bridget Chardonnay was sexy, but when she downed a HUGE glass of Chardonnay sales dropped. The first book came out in 1996, the first movie came out in 2001 the second movie came out in 2004. Is this trend very late to the party or is there some major new Bridget Jones trend right now in the UK?

Says You! Plays with Wine

Liz Pirnat — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:24:29 +0000

Says You! is a NPR show that plays with words and definitions. This Sunday they had interesting and dangerously punny wine riddles.

Here are a few highlights:

Your parents favorite sister: Chianti (Key Aunty)
Where Candian splunkers go: Cabernet (Cavern, eh?)
Deer in the doldrums: Bordeaux (Bored doe)
Tides out at Mont-St-Michelle: Merlot (Mer low)

Conan Visits Spring Mountain

Liz Pirnat — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:15:51 +0000

In case you missed it, Conan O’Brien took his show to San Francisco in May. He even made a visit to Spring Mountain winery. He manages to pull off all the crazy things you have ever thought of doing while visiting a winery. Well worth the 8 minutes and 10 seconds on YouTube.