Tag Archives: Piggly Wiggly

Baffled By Big, Bad Buffs? Bite Me, Barclay Brothers

Posted on April 18, 2013 by intoxreport

The Telegraph—a London-based newspaper owned by David and Frederick Barclay—has published a sort of strange piece written by Jasper Copping suggesting that the average wine consumer is ‘baffled’ by the descriptors we stiff-necked, too-big-for-our-smarty-pants wine writers use to describe various … Continue reading →

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Wine Is For Rich People

Posted on December 24, 2011 by intoxreport

Ever heard the old expression ‘Put your money where your mouth is’? Apparently—according to Sotheby’s auction house—this does not refer to forty-ouncers of King Cobra. Wine writers tend to talk in some pretty tight aphorisms too: ‘Wine should be accessible … Continue reading →

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Twisted Wines for Twisted Times

Posted on August 29, 2011 by intoxreport

I know this guy named Delicato, and he’s every bit of that—a soft-spoken type of dude who wouldn’t swat a fruit fly. The name ‘Indelicato’ strikes me as a bit more, well, twisted. Perhaps that’s the reason for the ‘Twisted’ … Continue reading →