The last vintage wine ad we brought you was Orson Welles getting very enthusiastic about the Paul Masson wine he was advertising. Today’s offering is completely different, James Mason advertising Thunderbird wine. Read more »
REPORTING ON WINE, FOOD AND TRAVEL, BY MICHELLE LOCKE
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Friday Follies: Orson Welles wine commercial
Today we kick off a new feature, something fun for the end of your week. In this classic clip, Read more »
Hollywood and vines
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a celebrity in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wine, as Jane Austen might have put it had Jane been a wine writer in 2012. Or at least it seemed that way as multiple stars jumped into the wine biz. The...
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Vine Videos
Paso Wine Man burst on to the scene in 2011 with “Zinfandel: Paso’s Wine,” a video that had great production values and something even more unusual,
Two buck fifty Chuck
Attention bargain (wine) shoppers. Two Buck Chuck, the wine famous for costing $1.99 a bottle (in California at least) is now 2.5 Chuck. Yes, Charles Shaw wines, sold only at Trader Joe’s grocery stores, saw a price increase this month, going up to $2.49 a bottle after a decade under the two-dollar line. That’s...
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Best & Worst of 2012, Part 2: Best
In 2012, you liked TV, movies, slightly aging rockers and the cost of putting down roots in wine country. These were Vinecdote’s most-read stories of the year.
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Best & Worst of 2012, Part 1: Worst
Some days, as my old city editor used to say, you get the bear; some days the bear gets you. That was in Northwest Texas so it was more coyote than bear, but we understood each other. (Note: kai-yoat, please check your fancy pants pronunciation at the door.) In that spirit, here are the...
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The Great Napa Valley Face Race
A hairy situation is developing this harvest. Not the weather, that’s been just about perfect. I’m talking a hirsute pursuit — the contest to see who can grow the best harvest beard in the Napa Valley. The competition is being run by the Napa Valley Vintners and you can go here to cast a vote —...
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The Napa Valley Wine Wave
Founded in 1861, the Charles Krug Winery in St. Helena has been the site of plenty of action over the years. But this weekend’s record-setting relay wine toast Read more »
Wine wisdom
I’d have to say it’s almost as much fun to watch other people learn as it is to watch other people work and we will get to do both soon with the world premiere
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