Let me just first say… this little rant is NOT for the wine professional out there. It’s for people like me, my friends, and anyone (in general) that is wanting to grow in their wine knowledge, as well as learn […]
Let me just first say… this little rant is NOT for the wine professional out there. It’s for people like me, my friends, and anyone (in general) that is wanting to grow in their wine knowledge, as well as learn […]
Never before has the wine world been so diverse. Literally in every stretch of land that is able to lend itself to the cultivation of the vine, one will find either traditionalists preaching a narrow road, or rebels breaking every […]
It seems like theres a “Day” for everything. On national Ice Cream Day, we begrudgingly succumb to the pressure of eating ice cream. It sucks, and I hate it. But, I’m willing to sacrifice for the greater good. (Let me […]
If you’re possibly looking for new music suggestions this month, you should listen (and give an honest chance) to the latest album by Washed Out called Paracosm. Especially since the weather is about to turn a corner! The best way […]
La Rioja Alta is one of the oldest family-owned wineries in the greater North-Central area of Spain. On July 10th, 1890, five families joined together in a dream to make top-tier wines from their homeland, Rioja. Fast forward to the […]
For quite a while now there has been a certain vagueness surrounding the concept of Vino & Vinyl. We never had the intent to keep everyone in the dark or in some weird way, frustrate our followers. But somehow, amidst […]
I know that everyone is jumping on the “dress” bandwagon. Blue & black? White & tan? My favorite meme of the whole last week, was a picture of a cute little white and tan dog, and it said something along […]
The music of Eisley has always captivated me. As a boy, I read The Chronicles of Narnia and watched movies like The Never Ending Story. I was entranced by fantasy, and to this day I have a curiosity for what […]
Over the last year, I have received numerous questions from friends as to what is up with the wines of Orin Swift – questions like, “Why is The Prisoner on its own website now?” and “What are Location wines?”. Here […]
Here is a picture of Mega Purple. No, not really. It’s actually easier to imagine some random middle-aged guy in The Phantom costume. As funny as it seems, this mental image really works when writing about this subject, because Mega Purple is here […]