Now some Monday afternoon musing (because I just came across this). This is how the Times Online leads the story: “Restaurants charging inflated prices for wine could be doing their customers a favour. A study has found that people who pay more for a product do enjoy it more.” This was in fact serious research … Read more
Go away a few days and links worth pointing to and/or commenting on sure pile up. Some have sparked ideas for longer posts in the next few days. Even so the list got long too fast so I’ve tried to minimize my musing: – As you’d expect, lots of recaps on 2007 and predictions for … Read more
Michael Jackson and Blue Moon. Those were the most popular search terms that brought readers here in 2007. Looking at lists of the best read posts at several blogs I read got me poking around the stats at Appellation Beer, to see what you were reading and to try to guess why. I was surprised … Read more
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 … Read more
The things you learn reading the Wine Enthusiast Online: Sommelier Marnie Old and Dogfish Head Brewery founder Sam Calagione are writing a book called He Said Beer, She Said Wine. It’s due in the spring of 2008. Calagione (pictured here in plaid; that’s Vinnie Cilurzo of Russian River Brewing with him, not Old – and … Read more