If you’re reading this post, you could possibly count yourself among the avant garde of the American wine-consuming public. So, you may already know that wine now surpasses beer as the alcoholic drink that American adults consume most often.
That’s what they’re saying! And “they” are the International Wine and Spirit Record (ISWR), who bill themselves […]

You may have arrived here at Winehiker Witiculture by clicking on a feed for which there is no longer a source post! Alas, yesterday I quoted a segment by a wine writer whose words I admire, only to have a request from the author to remove the post from my blog, which I complied to.
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In my wine tasting rounds, I’ve often used wine-scoring sheets that were supplied by the proprietor of a tasting room or something a friend found on the Internet. I had often scoured the Internet searching for a tasting sheet that delivered a fairly comprehensive approach to scoring wine, and didn’t just have six circles and […]

The continual March rains have hit the west coast and made a firm down payment on April. But sooner or later, Spring is finally going to arrive, and when it does, I have a feeling that California’s many species of wildflowers will unleash themselves in a colorful eye-popping frenzy much like last year’s record show.
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