Stories from Corked: A Wine Blog

  1. AWWW Episode 6

    Corked: A Wine Blog &bull Apr 28, 2009

    A little over a year ago I wrote a short post about my inability to pair wines with cheese. Since then I have experienced more success and and now relate to those you following my struggle that I have successfully… Full Story »

  2. Driving Under the Influence

    Corked: A Wine Blog &bull Apr 23, 2009

    According to www.duifoundation.org , "Roughly 33% of Americans are involved in an alcohol-related crash at some point in their lives. In 2006, the number of people who died in traffic crashes involving alcohol accounted for 41% of the total number… Full Story »

  3. 'Ello! 'Ello! 'Ello! What's goin' on 'ere then?

    Corked: A Wine Blog &bull Apr 16, 2009

    I have not written for a while as I am a lazy basket. But, I have been keeping up on the numerous blogs I follow (because, frankly, they are better written than mine) and over the last couple of days two of… Full Story »

  4. AWW Episode 5

    Corked: A Wine Blog &bull Mar 31, 2009

    In his blog today, Steve Heimoff wrote a piece entitled "Oops! When famous wine writers get it wrong" . The piece references a few examples of wine experts mistaking the one wine for another, whether in terms of varietal or region of… Full Story »


  5. AWW Episode 3

    Corked: A Wine Blog &bull Mar 3, 2009

    Firstly, let me apologize for the terrible pun - I beileve it was Jesse who came up with it but, in his defence, if we had not been half way through our second bottle at the time, he would probably have kept his mouth shut. At Stoney Creek, when we do a wine tasting,… Full Story »

  6. The Nasalist - Part Two

    Corked: A Wine Blog &bull Feb 25, 2009

    Chapter Two: More Good Duck Over the next few years, Vincent worked hard on refining his talent, drilling himself and memorizing the aromatic signatures of everything he came into contact with. Eventually he could detect the subtle differences different types of stone, plastics and metals as well as thousands of complex chemical compounds found in nature. As he experimented with aromas he began to fully appreciate the roll that… Full Story »

  7. Around the World of Wine

    Corked: A Wine Blog &bull Feb 25, 2009

    At Corked headquarters we are nothing if not enthusiastic about wine. Our wine knowledge may be sketchy, our palates insensitve, and our ability to tell a great wine from a poor one no more refined than that of a rhinocerous. But these are trivial matters, tiny details, insignificant minutae, best swept under the carpet of eloquent prose. It is our… Full Story »

  8. Around the World of....this could get tedious so let's just shorten it to AWW from now on

    Corked: A Wine Blog &bull Feb 18, 2009

    For this weeks installment of AWW, we had a choice. North, East, South or West. North was obviously a poor choice - 50º is the accepted northern limit for wine grapes and, with Mission Hill parked at 49º 57.32', north seemed unlikely to yield much bounty.… Full Story »

  9. Staff WIne Tasting

    Corked: A Wine Blog &bull Feb 3, 2009

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  10. Menu For Hope

    Corked: A Wine Blog &bull Dec 16, 2008

    Today marks the 5th year of Menu for Hope ,  afund-raising event started by food blogger Pim Techamuanvivit to rasie funds for various food-based charities. This year's menu for Hope will raise money for the WFP's school lunch program in… Full Story »

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