Hey, we are wine aficionados. So we mean no disrespect to the industry or to wine lovers when we say: STOP IT! We mean, stop it with the points and the awards and the other well-intended but gone-horribly-wrong way of ranking wine. It’s hurting the … Read more
A long, long time ago in a world not as far away as we’d like, people spent boatloads of gold and salt to find the fabled “Fountain of Youth”. The search for Youth spurred Jose Ponce de León to sail West in 1513 from Spain … Read more
If it is possible to have too much of a good thing, then the retail wine market could be a nominee for this dubious distinction. Walk into a wine store or, worse, browse an online wine sellers’ website and you’ll be overwhelmed by the choices … Read more
OK. Some business just pissed you off and you want to express your dissatisfaction BUT you don’t want to waste your time on a useless gripe site or spinning your wheels with the company’s labyrinthian customer service maze. How can you be effective in … Read more
You’ve owned your spring-constructed mattress for a few years and it is beginning to sag. “No worries,” you think to yourself. You are comforted by the 20-year warranty that came with the mattress — but don’t be so sure. There’s a dirty little … Read more