Category Archives: GENERAL

Why American Wine Will Never Be As Interesting As French Wine

Posted on March 11, 2014 by intoxreport

A few days ago, Tom Wark published a column called  ‘Why French Wine Will Never Be As Interesting As American Wine’. Je l’avoue, there are very few wine columns—French or otherwise—that I find as interesting as my own, which is … Continue reading →

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Guy Wicker Is The Heisenberg Of Hootch

Posted on December 10, 2013 by intoxreport

Lissen up, Albuquerque undercover: I found Heisenberg, and he’s not dead.  He’s not Walter White and he’s not even in New Mexico.  He’s in Southfield, Michigan and he’s switched his drug dementias mid-season, from meth to absinthe. And also Chartreuse, … Continue reading →

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Why We Should Score Literature Like We Score Wine

Posted on December 1, 2013 by intoxreport

Last week, having engaged in lively and utterly useless banter with wine writers Joe Roberts and Frederic Koeppel regarding the efficacy of scoring wine, I found myself having sort of epiphany that Brian Wilson must have had when he kicked … Continue reading →

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Live Fast, Die Young And Leave A Corpse That Looks Exactly Like James Dean

Posted on November 27, 2013 by intoxreport

(This piece is an excerpt from ‘A Rite Of Paso: Paso Robles Wine Country’ to be released December, 2013). Within the annals of the eerie, two almost inconceivably bizarre images come to mind: First, the photograph of John Lennon signing Mark … Continue reading →

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Can ‘Forgiven’ Be Forgiven For Stalking Me Until I Wrote This Review?

Posted on November 24, 2013 by intoxreport

I love, love, love customer product  testimonials. “This shit really works!!! I swear by it!!! I can drink all night… Take forgiven… Drink 2 bottles of water before bed… And feel totally refreshed in the morning at work!!!!” says Nichole … Continue reading →

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Scrawny Scribes Scrawl Scraggy Screeds—Steve Heimoff Screwed

Posted on November 21, 2013 by intoxreport

Nice people don’t realize it, but when they try to get all acerbic and mean, they sound lame.  And do you know why they don’t realize it?  Because they’re nice, that’s why.  A nice person being mean is like a … Continue reading →

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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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Fitting A Square Bottle Into An A-Hole

Posted on September 21, 2013 by intoxreport

Tomorrow night, when we are gluing ourselves to our television sets with the remains of Mr. Ed and watching the 65th Annual Emmy Awards, a quiet revolution will be taking place. That’s when Truett-Hurst Inc. will release their much ballyhooed … Continue reading →

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Is Chris Kassel Gooder Than Jamie Goode? For Me To Know And You To Find Out

Posted on September 20, 2013 by intoxreport

Saw a plug for The Goode Wine Guide, Jamie Goode’s three part tutorial on wine ‘…from Britain to Bulgaria’, and it occurred to me that the lucky star under which the limey Londonese lecturer wound up with a name like … Continue reading →

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No Snubs From Stubbs For This Schlubb, Bubb

Posted on September 9, 2013 by intoxreport

Matthew Stubbs, MW, wants me in the worst way, which is the only way he’s likely to get me.  The Brugairolles-based Master of Wine is presiding over a two-day ‘tutored tasting’ on Languedoc-Roussillon, which is not being held in Languedoc-Roussillon, … Continue reading →

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