Author Archives: intoxreport

Idiart Savant

Posted on August 10, 2014 by intoxreport

Nicolas Idiart has one of those strikingly handsome, masculine faces that makes even straight guys sit up and take notice, then recalculate our own sad position on that irrelevant ladder of total relevance, realizing that we’ve just moved down another … Continue reading →

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Rudy Kurniawan: Orange Is The New Burgundy

Posted on August 9, 2014 by intoxreport

On Thursday, August 7, 2014, Rudy Kurniawan was sentenced to ten years in prison for selling counterfeit wine to rich people, who did not notice that the wine inside the fancy bottles they bought was fake because they did not … Continue reading →

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The Hoopes Scoop: Elegance In Oakville

Posted on August 7, 2014 by intoxreport

I’ll spare you the ‘jumping through hoops’ groaner: No need.  The wine is above such puerile puns, the label notwithstanding. Hoopes Family Vineyard reminds me of one of those prodigy kids who realizes she was born with an extraordinary gift—athletics, … Continue reading →

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Adam Satchwell: Cracking The Lychee Nut

Posted on August 5, 2014 by intoxreport

This may come as a surprise to those of you who have seen me strip naked in a restaurant to attract the attention of a laggardly server or wear a ‘Kill White People’ hoodie to a Klan rally or hire … Continue reading →

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Turning On The Pigott Spigot In The ‘City Of Riesling’

Posted on July 30, 2014 by intoxreport

For a place that bills itself as the City of Riesling, Traverse City spends a lot of time sleeping with the enemy.  For example, browse the tree-lined heart of the shopping district and look for chocolate covered grapes at Riesling … Continue reading →

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Dandelion Wine Daughters Forever

Posted on July 20, 2014 by intoxreport

When I was eleven, my father handed me a book by Ray Bradbury called Dandelion Wine and asked me to read it.  These were the days when kids read books and didn’t consider it an affront on their texting time; … Continue reading →

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The Wine Goddess: Seventh Heaven Or 7-11?

Posted on July 19, 2014 by intoxreport

The other day, one of my West Coast wine buddies brought up The Wine Goddess; not in terms of her skill as a wine writer nor her eno-acumen, but regarding the size of her jahoobies—her neener nay-nays, her wopbopaloobops, or, … Continue reading →

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Elie Speaketh Truth

Posted on July 17, 2014 by intoxreport

Call me a good-ol’-boy, a peckerwood throwback, a retro-Aryan Nation dingaling—but in Detroit, my favorite African American wine pro in is a white dude. Born into to a family of North African spice merchants, Elie Boudt cut his vending teeth … Continue reading →

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So You Wanna Be A Wine Hack…?

Posted on July 7, 2014 by intoxreport

I’m worried about you, gentle reader.  Yes, you; the happy-go-lucky, earnest, lapdog-like wine aficionado who stumbled across this web site looking for practical advice on ‘Top Syrahs Under $20’.  Joke’s on you, by the way:  I learned very early in … Continue reading →

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Strong Words

Posted on July 3, 2014 by intoxreport

Rodney Strong keeps sending me wine and I keep drinking it and enjoying it.  But I don’t keep writing about it, because in my inimitable sense of self-importance, I figure that there are only so many times a year that I … Continue reading →

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