Some people tend to think I don’t take wine very seriously but that couldn’t be further from the truth: I just don’t take myself and a large part of the industry very seriously. With that I mean the part of the industry, which was built on snobbery, mystique, inner circles and façades.
After spending a week in Margaux, working with the dedicated Chateau Palmer team, I learned two things: Continue Reading…
It’s definitely not a secret that we’re able to contact, meet, communicate with, friend up, follow and be followed by – and whatever other terms we want to use – people at such an exponential level these days, that the rules have been re-written when it comes to branding and its possibilities – especially when it comes to the personal brand. Continue Reading…
The coming week (DEC07-11) is going to be quite a week for me, not only will I be spending time with my sister and good friends in LDN but also interviewing – get this – Jancis Robinson and Gary Vaynerchuk – in the same week! Continue Reading…
The only thing this post has to do with wine is the fact that it relates to my wine studio… which I’ll be moving in to on October 1st by the way. Which also means I’m slowly but surely draining the biz account on designer furniture and more designer furniture. But of course I’ll also be needing coffee – shopping till I’m dropping – Continue Reading…
I just got wind of a very discussed Italian wine blog post -on Intravino- last week: it had to do with an Italian sommelier who did a tasting at poolside – wearing sunglasses, no shirt on etc. Continue Reading…
Now I kinda knew it would be a contortion act doing a blind beer tasting on a wine show… especially since it was our first episode and we practically had more beer on the show than we did wine. Continue Reading…
Like the Wine On The Rocks project wasn’t already enough.
After working so freaking hard on the new WOTR site I figured it was time I have my own blog as well – I’m starting to enjoy this – Continue Reading…
