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
Wine Celebs
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,
The Grapes of Rap
I’ve seen a couple YouTube wine country raps and they’ve been, how shall I say it, bad. Like your AP Chem teacher trying to rap the elements bad.
So I was rather impressed when Read more »
KJ1 wines, Take Two
Well, that was fast. A couple of weeks ago former NFL wide receiver and ESPN analyst Keyshawn Johnson announced he was partnering with industry veteran R.C. Mills to produce KJ1, a cabernet sauvignon from northeast Oregon. “I’ve enjoyed wine for years and for me, cabernet is king,” Johnson, said in a press release at...
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Drew Barrymore, wine-starter
The wine-drinking world is made up of three kinds of people. Those who think the idea of a Drew Barrymore wine is just peachy; those who wouldn’t be caught dead, dead, drinking Drew Barrymore wine. And me, whose first thought on getting a sample bottle (which came with a delightful little handwritten note) was, hmmm,...
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Toast Robert Mondavi’s 99th Birthday
Wine country pioneer Robert Mondavi died in 2008 but his legacy lives on and you can help celebrate his achievements. On June 15th, which would have been Mondavi’s 99th birthday, the Robert Mondavi Winery in the Napa Valley will host a toast to recognize Mondavi’s life and accomplishments. As it has been for the...
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Winery hosts private premiere of `Brave’ movie
Here is an extremely cool event that you will not get to be part of. The Napa Valley Register reports that the new Pixar movie “Brave,” will make its debut at a private screening next month at the Castello di Amorosa winery. Read more »
Rock band Train rolls into wine country
Do you know who is a cool blogger? I will spare you the suspense. I am a cool blogger. Yes, that was me backstage at the Train concert in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago, interviewing band members about their new venture, releasing a wine. Here’s the story I wrote about that. It...
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