Taste Memory
“Memory is thirst”, Kenneth Friedenreich echos in his book Oregon Wine Country Stories. Tipping his hat to Hemingway’s insatiable hunger to describe the meals, both meager and munificent, that nourished his formative years as an expat in 1920s Paris, Friedenreich uses the backdrop of A Moveable Feast to connect it to our relationship with wine. Many commentators have described Hemingway’s use of hunger and the satiety of it as a metaphor for his “youthful desire…
Where’s The Wine World’s Pokémon GO?
I was playing around on my phone today looking for new games to download. On a lark, I decided to see what was available when I searched for Wine Games. Unsurprisingly, there isn’t much. The available games tend to fall into the category of trivia (with the WSET wine puzzle game being the most interesting) or repurposed game designs like hidden objects, escape rooms and arcade games with wine as a backdrop. So that got me…
Winery Moneyball — Base hits and Home runs
One of the high points of my California trip last week was meeting Paul Mabray, CEO of the data and tech solutions company Emetry. Paul appreciated my No, There’s Not an App For That post and reached out for a chat and to extend some gracious Northern California hospitality with fabulous restaurant recommendations. I’ve been following Paul’s work for a while via his Twitter feed (@pmabray) and blog. So I was quite excited to meet…
Women, Wine and Twitter — Great Accounts To Follow
In my early Twitter days, I would pretty much follow anyone with “wine” in their bio–wineries, writers, news sites and other personalities. But I’ve gotten far more selective over the years as I started to view my Twitter feed as a tool. I’m on here nearly every day looking for new content to devour. Above all, I want to find engaging conversations that encourage me to think more deeply about my sentiments on wine. Admittedly,…