Can social media affect human behavior? This was a question posed to me at the Social Media Cafe in Barcelona by Steve Lawson. Steve promotes Amplified, which is a project, co-funded by NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and-read more-
Acidity. That's a pretty caustic word. It conjures up visions of car batteries gone bad or way too much vinegar on the chips. And it's a word I avoid (like, well, battery acid) when I talk about wine simply because of the-read more-
À votre santé. Drink to your health, the French say. If you are a food lover or a wine lover, you've almost certainly heard of the famous "French paradox." That the French can eat such rich foods and have better-read more-
You won’t find it in the US, but I was curious: How could England possibly produce decent sparkling wines? For starters, they have the same vein of chalk subsoil as in Champagne. It runs across the English Channel and comes-read more-
Many of us dream of moving to California, buying some property, planting some vines, and turning our grapes into fabulous wine. But if you aren't quite ready to invest a small fortune, there are a variety of alternatives for the-read more-
I love Pinot Noir. And I don’t toss this word about flippantly. Our relationship blossomed in graduate school: late star-lit nights, candles burning by my laptop, a pile of books and a split of Pinot Noir. Last October I shared-read more-
After just two weeks, PALATE PRESS: The online wine magazine is the number two wine site on the Internet, according to PostRank, a site whose analytic metrics account for audience engagement as well as pure page views. Here, look for-read more-
I have a love / hate relationship with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (the state-run monopoly that controls the sale and distribution of alcohol in PA). And by that I mean that I love to hate the PLCB. This admission-read more-