The Weyerbacher Brewing Company, located in Easton, PA (but considered a local brew by most Philly hopheads) is known primarily for two things: Full-flavored, high-alcohol beers that are complex and tasty Having the worst branding of any US brewery Their current logo looks like it was...

One dude changed how America thinks about wine, and changed it for good. Eric V. Orange didn’t mean to, but that’s how history often works. In 2000, Eric started an online bulletin board to post local wine events. Not surprisingly, he named it www.localwineevents.com. As it caught...

After having some success with their Twitter hashtag campaign #MeetTheFarmers (which promoted the supposedly good ingredients that McDonald’s uses and the farmers that produce them), the wise social media sages at Mickey D’s thought it would be a bright idea to introduce a new...

A small little wine school in Chicago is getting a whole lot of attention. Master Sommelier (and runner up in the International Silly Name Contest)  Krunch Kretschmar has unwittingly discovered how to build a virtual nuclear warhead with nothing but social media. Krunch owns Bottled Grapes,...

The top six wines for $15 were highlighted as tonight's First Friday at the Wine School. A great list for the weekend binge purchases.

For quality and value, one of the best white wines coming out of the USA is Oregon Pinot Gris. Problem is, it’s hard to find because very few wine shops sell the stuff.  That problem (and yes, that is definitely a #firstworldproblem if there ever was one) is about to be a thing of...

Nothing quite like sitting back and popping open a delicious 12 ounce can of whiskey. WTF?  What will likely be a very bad day for substance abuse counselors, Scotch Whiskey will be sold in  cans come February 1st.   Each can  is about half the size of an average whiskey bottle, and is...

It’s a million dollar idea that’s cost $10 Million to achieve.  That’s typical logic for you in the wine trade. After years of hard work… you end up with less money than you began with. Fortunately, you get to drink your losses, so it’s not all bad. Don’t get me...

Compared to Yellow Tail, this is the height of sophistication. Of course, that’s like saying Jessica Simpson is classier than Pam Anderson. This wine is pure silly fun, but its the best of it’s ilk by a mile. The Paris Hilton of cheapo shiraz?

Collin Flatt takes on the POPE and gets touched in a bad place.