AltWeeklies Wire
Wineau: Fuzzy Moneynew
"Free" wine always tastes good.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
02-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
Wineau: Drink Before You Thinknew
When it comes to Pinots, taste is relative -- so drink the cheap stuff first.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
01-23-2008 |
Food+Drink
Wineau: Notes of Kiwinew
Sauvignon Blancs offer an affordable taste of New Zealand.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
01-09-2008 |
Food+Drink
Wineau's Lucky 13new
Notes from a year of sipping cheaply.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
12-27-2007 |
Food+Drink
Wineau: Three Reds for Your Inner Grown-Upnew
One of the markers of being a fledgling urban sophisticate is that you finally want to show up at a friend's holiday soiree with something more impressive than a tap for the keg or a bong made out of a pineapple. And while you may still be broke, you also don't want to arrive with a bottle that's clearly a $6 steal from Safeway.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
12-12-2007 |
Food+Drink
Drink Your Veggies?new
Underdog Cabs fight for credibility.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
11-28-2007 |
Food+Drink
Wineau: Zin's Frontier Rootsnew
Old vines in the California's Sierra Foothills produce intoxicating winners.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
11-15-2007 |
Food+Drink
Good Washington Whites, Courtesy of Big Tobacconew
It's an unfortunate fact of the American wine industry that cheap good wines rarely come from scrappy, small producers. More often, they come from corporate behemoths that can easily leverage the economies of scale that making a cheap good wine without losing your shirt requires.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
10-31-2007 |
Food+Drink
Wineau: Coke and Smartiesnew
To meet organic standards, some red wines sacrifice their best qualities.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
10-17-2007 |
Food+Drink
Wines of Mysterynew
Though "vinted and bottled by" tells you nothing about who made the wine or where the grape is from, at $2.50 a bottle, that can be forgiven.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
10-04-2007 |
Food+Drink
Grapes of Hostilitynew
South Africa's wine industry has benefited from a long, slow recovery that's recently gained momentum.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
09-19-2007 |
Food+Drink
Battle of the Cheap, Cheap Chardonnaynew
Fred Franzia was born into a winemaking family, related by marriage to the Gallos, and a lifelong friend to the Mondavis. Rather than grow his own, he started buying decent-quality surplus wine from producers and then selling it under his own label for cheap.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
09-05-2007 |
Food+Drink
Holy Hoochnew
Winemaking monks work wonders at New Clairvaux Vineyard.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
08-15-2007 |
Food+Drink
Wineau: Chameleon Rednew
Versatile Malbecs evoke everything from Life Savers, alfalfa, and lemon rind to dark chocolate and, regrettably, baby aspirin.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
08-08-2007 |
Food+Drink
Wineau: White Wines for Stealth Thriftnew
Meet the anti-Chucks.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
07-25-2007 |
Food+Drink
