Editors' note: To close 2011, Palate Press: The online wine magazine will be featuring some of our top stories from the past year. Our third piece comes from Lindsey Zahn, offering a passion for both wine and the law, and giving us a primer on how those laws affect wine
"The wine has the rich tastes of blackcurrant, tobacco, and loam. 94 points." "Blackberries, blueberries, and spices are supported by sweet tannins and a lingering finish. 90 points." Two different reviewers can give completely different descriptions of the same wine.-read more-
Introduction The early days of the Internet were like a snowy country road: directionless, unpaved, and in dire need of regulation. Whereas legislation governing the internet developed as business transactions and the amount of endusers grew, there are many aspects-read more-
By now, many of you have heard about the dust-up at W. Blake Gray's The Gray Market Report. (Full disclosure- Blake is a member of the Palate Press Editorial Board.) If you haven't, you can read about it HERE. I will-read more-
This past June, I had the good fortune of attending the Wine Bloggers’ Conference in Walla Walla, WA. Now in its third year, this conference brings together the best and brightest from the wine blogosphere as well as many industry-read more-
Social media has become one of the most used buzzwords of the last several years—along with Google (as a verb), subprime, death panels, friend, un-friend, tweet, and of course, blog. Wine has its own set of buzzwords, of course, from-read more-
A year ago I was an unsuccessful political blogger, entertaining myself and almost no one else. Now, I’m a wine blogger doing largely the same thing, except that no one calls me a Nazi in comments anymore. Though my wine-read more-
Ed. Note: If you are reading Palate Press you are a part of a bustling and quickly growing part of the wine world -- the online wine cognescenti. No doubt influenced by blogging, online wine news and stories are quickly-read more-