Tag Archives: Paso Robles

The Funnel Of Snobbery: Here’s How It Works

Posted on June 10, 2015 by intoxreport

In order to simplify elaborate concepts, certain ‘wine blogs’ rely on fancy graphics and colorful charts and educational posters and shit, and that’s just coolaballoolies: If you need life distilled to a See Dick Run picture book before you can … Continue reading →

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Real Men Drink Gill. Whilst Wrestling Quiche…

Posted on May 24, 2014 by intoxreport

I served a very metrosexual quiche at a dinner party last week, and guess what wine I served alongside it?  A hefty syrah from Michael Gill Cellars in Paso Robles. Now, among wine circles, such an abominable pairing is a faux … Continue reading →

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You’re A Good Manic, Stillman Brown

Posted on March 17, 2014 by intoxreport

As a man of honor, as well as the kind of ‘showman’ wine writer who is willing to go to any length required to keep you, the reader, on the edge of your seats—up to (and including) transgressive acts, coprophagia, … 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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Brown-Bagging With Petite Sirah

Posted on April 13, 2013 by intoxreport

I’ve known Stillman Brown since he was knee high to an ass-hopper; by which I mean, before he decided he was straight. See, I can make stupid jokes like that about Stillman Brown (no relation to Encyclopedia, Ford  Madox or … Continue reading →

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