The Cork Guilt Trip The Portuguese cork industry can really target a market. Everyday on NPR I hear the moaning of the “voice” of cork trying to lay a crown of cork thorns on the head of the wine drinker in America. Apparently we must buy wines sealed only with natural corks or we are [...]

Banging the Wine Drum. I’ve been beating this same drum for years, and I guess I’ll be beating it forever, Good thing I like drumming. Last week the New York Times wine writer reviewed a few Oregon Pinot Noirs. The wines that were reviewed are irrelevant to my point, it could have been any wine [...]