41 days ago by Christopher Watkins

Two truths: 1. The convention of the End-Of-Year list is most decidedly a media trope that is long overdue to be retired. 2. It is impossible to effectively summarize, in one go, an entire year. So, that said, here are some End-Of-Year lists, and a summary of 2011! First, the lists. Specifically, bl ...

42 days ago by Christopher Watkins

For those of you who may have read about (or attended!) our recent Wine Bloggers Tasting, you’ll know that part of the experience involved our guest Wine Bloggers having a go at crafting tasting notes on one or more of four different vintage manual typewriters. (You can read about the tasting, and s ...

69 days ago by Fredric Koeppel

Yep, this very day, on Dec. 3, 2006, I launched BiggerThanYourHead, and now it’s 950 posts and 2,161,609 visits later (according to Blue Host, the counting service I subscribe to), about the population of Houston or Managua. Much has changed in the world of blogging about wine in five years, mainly ...

74 days ago by Christopher Watkins

Ladies & Gentleman, the final 2011 Wine Bloggers Tasting is coming, and if you write a wine blog, or a tangentially related blog (food, culture, etc.), and can potentially be in Northern California on December 11th, then you are potentially invited. I say “potentially,” because this edition’s theme ...

76 days ago by D.B. Echo

At nearly the very northwesternmost corner of Northeastern Pennsylvania is Troy, Pennsylvania, home to the blogger of the Food, Wine, and Culture blog ( http://foodwineandculture.wordpress.com/). From her "About" page: Welcome to my Food, Wine and Culture Blog! As with most things in life, my blog i ...

91 days ago by Dave McIntyre

In my continuing quest to come up with a regular pattern of posts that can make it easier to keep feeding this blog and also give you readers some consistency about what to expect when you visit, I thought I’d … Continue reading →

99 days ago by Scott

The story: I spent the weekend in Sonoma this weekend and had an amazing time (a story or two on some experiences are forthcoming.) Every time I'm in Sonoma I'm reminded at how much I internally feel that I prefer Sonoma to Napa. This may be an interesting way to start a post dedicated to two very n ...

103 days ago

The blog celebrates its fourth birthday the week of Nov. 14, which means a brightly colored chart, a couple of long posts with lots of bullit items, and the annual review of Tormaresca Neprica, the wine that has attracted the most visitors over the past four years. Plus, of course, prizes -- because ...

103 days ago

The blog celebrates its fourth birthday the week of Nov. 14, which means a brightly colored chart, a couple of long posts with lots of bullit items, and the annual review of Tormaresca Neprica, the wine that has attracted the most visitors over the past four years. Plus, of course, prizes -- because ...

111 days ago by admin

Trying to think of a good way to celebrate the launch of a satellite? How about some custom etched liquor bottles from Etching Expressions? This is a great way to commemorate any occasion. We can take any type of artwork including pictures, corporate logos, family crests, etc. and turn it into an am ...