Category Archives: Stan UnCorked…

What’s on my mind and how I feel about it.

MAJOR SHIFT…WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Some time ago, I wrote an article for a wine club newsletter about how our diet can affect our taste in wine. Granted, I had no scientific proof of this with a bunch of graphs and stats to support my … Continue reading

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BETTER WITH AGE.

The hundred point scoring system is merely a gauge for determining how much the reviewer that uses it likes the wine, based on their experience and personal preferences. No system, whether it be stars, grades, points or glasses should be … Continue reading

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Public Relations, Media & Wine… A Tricky But Necessary Relationship.

To put it bluntly, wine guys like myself and others that write about it, rarely buy a bottle of wine to review. No matter how much Robert Parker Jr. liked to bloviate about buying most of the wines he reviewed, … Continue reading

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COULD I HAVE A SPLASH OF ARSENIC IN MY RED PLEASE.

I am not the first to write something about the arsenic scandal in the wine world and certainly will not be the last. In fact, I wasn’t going to jump into the fray at all until I read the satirical … Continue reading

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