As you might be able to tell from the full title of “To Cork or Not To Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science, and the Battle for the Wine Bottle,” author George Taber is a wine guy.
He happens to have been the Time magazine correspondent who attended the 1976 event that turned out to be known as […]

A few things to read this evening instead of watching “Dancing with the Stars” or “Two Dudes Catering” (even though cheese is involved) and perhaps while doing research for The Session #10:
- Andrew Jefford, multi-purpose UK drinks writer, asks a question.
One day, fortunes will be made with fine beer. Why not one day soon?
In […]

Somebody at the San Francisco Chronicle must have got the wrong memo. They’ve got a feature today about wine & music. Hey guys, the theme of today’s Session is Beer & Music.
Music to drink wine by: Vintner insists music can change wine’s flavors is no lightweight read. It runs almost 1,900 words.
As the writer notes, […]

We all know that the best beers in the world cost less than the best wines. However you can buy a quality wine for less than a quality beer.
Why?
I didn’t really get an answer following a presentation by Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione and wine maven Marnie Old at the Great American Beer Festival, […]

Diageo and Zagat have joined forces to launched an online guide — called drinkwell — labeled “the world’s first online resource guide to restaurants that are dedicated to serving the highest quality drinks and drink service.”
The guide currently list 15 cities, and will be nationwide by the end of the year.
The good news is it […]

Is this beer and food thing gaining a little momentum or is it my imagination?
- Otter Creek Brewing will continue to host its weekly local cheese and beer pairings each Friday through October as part of the brewery’s “Local foods meet Local Brews” events.
The free beer and cheese pairings, which include eight different Vermont […]

Yesterday’s beer word of the day was lactobacillus (as in those gross beer lines in Milwaukee).
Today’s is Cicerone.
And the two are related. I was going to wait a few weeks before writing about the Cicerone Certification Program Ray Daniels is launching. But in the wake of the Milwaukee story, and comments that followed about properly […]

The cheery headline at the News & Observer in North Carolina’s Triangle reads: Beer brewing bursts with new diversity. However, by the end we get cautionary words from Charlie Bamforth, chair of the department of food science and technology at the University of California, Davis, as well as the university’s Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Brewing […]

Ah, yes, the Dark Side.
Hugh Sisson of Clipper City writes in his blog about positive parallels between the craft beer and small winery industries, but also suggests “there are some developments that have taken place in the boutique wine industry that do not, in my opinion, bode well long term for craft beer. Should the […]

The Wall Street Journal, which charges to read most of its online content, is giving away a beer story tomorrow (Friday). After reading “When Beer Takes on Vintners’ Airs” you’ll likely wish they were giving away the beer instead.
Yep, another indication that barrel-aged beers are hot. Can a reality show be far behind? (”Hilda, you’re […]