Category Archives: CALIFORNIA

Paso Robles Wine Country: Bo Barry And The Dark Side Of The Moon

Posted on November 16, 2013 by intoxreport

(This piece is an excerpt from ‘A Rite Of Paso: Paso Robles Wine Country’ to be released December 1, 2013 by Intoxicology Press, LLC.) Ol’ Bo Barry wants his city back, and brother, is he determined to get it—and ol’ Bo doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Re: Re:Find: A Re:Markable Find

Posted on November 7, 2013 by intoxreport

(This piece, as well as the last two columns posted, are excerpts from ‘A Rite Of Paso: Paso Robles Wine Country’ to be released December 1, 2013 by Intoxicology Press, LLC.) If Alex Trebek posed the answer, ‘The smartest guy in … Continue reading →

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Brady’s Bunches: Robert Hall Winery

Posted on October 27, 2013 by intoxreport

If another 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits Paso Robles like the one that collapsed the city’s landmark clock tower in 2003—and it will—you’d be challenged to find yourself in a better situation than touring the 19,000 square foot cavern under Robert … Continue reading →

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This Nutcracker’s Sweet: Jutta Thoerner, Manzanita Manor Organics

Posted on October 26, 2013 by intoxreport

I wound up writing about Paso Robles wine country instead of any other wine country partly because when I mentioned it to a friend, he asked, “Is that in Texas?” Not only that, but I seriously didn’t even know how … Continue reading →

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Double Down On The Trésor: Baby Needs A New Pair Of Shoes

Posted on September 19, 2013 by intoxreport

Ferrari-Carano has always been a ballin bling-bling operation—the reasons for which were said by Edgar Allen Poe a century before either Ferrari or Carano were born: When madness takes your stash of cash, And dumps it down the Lotto, You … Continue reading →

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TAZ Pizzazz and Associated Razzamatazz

Posted on August 22, 2013 by intoxreport

Considering that their current vintage is 2010, I figure that TAZ had a brain spaz and sent me a review bottle of 2004 pinot gris by mistake.  If so, I’m glad they did: The Taz bin was anything but a … Continue reading →

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Cure For The Summertime Blues? Whites!

Posted on June 17, 2013 by intoxreport

I reserve a sort of parallel pity for people professing, ‘ I only drink red wine,’ as I do for those picky pisshaps who propound, ‘I only date Nordic meconologists with silicone hooters and poodles named ‘Pummy Paw-Paws.’ Yoda reminds … Continue reading →

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When Is A Snow Cone A ‘No’ Cone? Ask Francis Ford Coppola

Posted on June 11, 2013 by intoxreport

As a phenomenal film forger, a wicked wine whiz and a fellow Detroiter (by birth, anyway), it is hard for me not to harbor a soft spot for Francis Ford Coppola.  A forgiving and patient soft spot, too—one that is … Continue reading →

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Bridlewood Revisited

Posted on June 8, 2013 by intoxreport

What’s the difference between a fifteen dollar chardonnay and a twenty dollar chardonnay? Five bucks. Thomas Riley Marshall (D), Indiana governor, 1908 -1913 and 28th Vice President of the United States under Woodrow Wilson, is not remembered for his controversial … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy Is A Theory Like Evolution Is A Theory, Krümel

Posted on May 30, 2013 by intoxreport

In the enological discipline to which we have dedicated our professional lives,  a ‘theory’ is a rigorously tested statement of general principle that explains observable and recorded aspects of wine, wineries and winos. In wine science, a theory stands until … Continue reading →

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