Category Archives: GENERAL

Water Bored: The Ice Bucket Challenge

Posted on August 21, 2014 by intoxreport

You know how when Julia Roberts married Lyle Lovett it just sort of ‘felt right’?  Or, ever reminisce about the warm, gushy, non-sexual feeling of utter contentment that poured over you when Gary Cherone started singing with Van Halen?  For … Continue reading →

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Hot Wine: Summer In The Vineyard

Posted on August 18, 2014 by intoxreport

First of all, unless its mulled, there is no such thing as hot wine and second, other than maybe Verónica Martínez or Amy Freeman, there is no such thing as hot winemakers—but that’s a lament for a different logarithm. The … Continue reading →

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Robin Williams: Art, Alcoholism And Suicide

Posted on August 12, 2014 by intoxreport

Never mind that he was born in Chicago, went to high school in California, lived just north of San Francisco and drove around Napa like he owned the joint—which, in part, he did. Here in Detroit, Robin Williams will always … 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 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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A Summertime Favorite: Korn On The Job

Posted on June 18, 2014 by intoxreport

* Final day for voting in Wine Blog Awards 2014, for which this column is nominated in ‘Best Writing On A Wine Blog’.  http://wineblogawards.org/ if you intend to vote for me.   Otherwise, move along, nothing to see here…   Every … Continue reading →

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Join The N.R.A. And Get A Free Ticket To The Vegan Expo

Posted on April 15, 2014 by intoxreport

Well, not quite.  But close.  Yesterday, in the same spirit that rubba-neckin’ Bubba McCan-Koozie goes apeshit when NASCAR cars crash, I represented the Anti-Press at the annual Vegan Tastefest in Novi. Over the years, among my fellow bleeding-heart liberals, I … Continue reading →

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Relax, Wine Business: Kathie Lee Has Arrived

Posted on March 20, 2014 by intoxreport

The global wine industry—beleaguered by the recent recession, fickle vintages, lazy retailers, semi-literate historiographers and the idiotic 100-point scoring scale—may be likened to the Frankish army at Anatolia, Wellington’s forces at Waterloo, the 2nd Ox at Pegasus Bridge or Gandalf … Continue reading →

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