Sauvignon Blanc

The perfect pool wines

Let's begin the search for the perfect pool wines with the obvious. This pool is in Japan and the pictures taken back in 2007 but it is indicative of the importance of wine in the Japanese culture. If the health benefits of drinking vino are so apparent, logic...
Posted 25 May 2010 | Girls, Hip Tastes | View Comments

Girl’s just wanna have wine

“We are the power base when it comes to wine purchasing,” is a now famous quote from Elizabeth Thach, Ph.D., a professor of wine business and management at Sonoma State University. To that imposing reality, add the fact that many men are introduced to wine by women, and one...
Posted 06 Apr 2010 | Hip Tastes | View Comments

Wine Geeks are the new Cool

You are one sexy beast, Sauvignon Blanc, running with abandon through fields of grass, with your long, blond tresses blowing in the breeze. We love to see you with leis of wild flowers and gooseberries bouncing on your bosoms; you absorb all the herbal essences around you. You are young...
Posted 23 Feb 2010 | Hip Tastes, Sacre Bleu Wine | View Comments

Speaking to the allure of Sauvignon Blanc

...as wonderfully elusive as sauvignon blanc, because the masks it wears are many, depending on where it is grown and how it is coaxed into becoming a wine. "Its confident versatility made it a fitting escort, like a (French) George Clooney in a tux — always reliable without ever...
Posted 21 Dec 2009 | Sacre Bleu Wine | View Comments