Seven Best Wine Blogs - A List from WineClubExperience.com

For the uninitiated, a 'blog' (or weblog) is a web journal with links. This gives me a chance to add short, 'off the record' style items that wouldn't merit a separate article. I try my best to keep entries informal, frequent, brief and (hopefully) interesting.

A wine blog describing adventures in food and wine in San Francisco and around the world: wine reviews, restaurant reviews, editorials, wine news, and other commentary from Alder Yarrow.

Ah, the power of wine terminology in conveying cachet to food, drink or other luxury products never ceases to amaze. Today's case in point: Nespresso, pre-ground espresso beans encased in tin pods that stay fresh for a decade.

Now, the 2008-2010 Saiar should be still organic. It was their only certified vineyard and clearly a gem for Todd. When I was last there, Todd was slaving over the vines like a neurotic Jewish mother. The wet, rain, cold weather that year really did him in.

This website is about the outstanding men and women behind our favorite wines : how talented artisan growers and winemakers rejuvenate the wine world through tradition

I SIT in the corner of a dark restaurant on a worn chair with dark green plastic upholstery. The walls are a dark imitation wood. The room is empty except for me and the wait staff. As I peruse the menu the only safe bet is the filet mignon.

The dawn has yet to glow over the Vaca Mountains to the east. I am standing in the dark morning coolness as hazy figures glide through the blackness waiting for first light to signal the start of the day's work.

The best wine blog, hands-down, is no longer. Joe has passed away in fall of 2011. We still miss his great writing.