Boy do I love the label reader’s. the boys and girls that say hey if it’s Gucci, Armani, Zegna or Ferrari, Bentley, Mercedes or maybe it’s Lafitte, Latour, D.R.C., Leroy it has to be good. Now some might know these labels by appearance, certainly the Automobile fits that description. And designers of clothing can be [...]
Author Archives: Fluxar
Tools!
May 6, 2011 – 6:37 pm
So you’re looking for the right tool for the right job. You scramble around and you don’t have the exact tool, but with a little innovation you tweak this, and that and holy shit it’s fixed. Why? Because of wisdom, experience, talent and ability to draw from those things at the right time at the [...]
Read The Text!
March 30, 2011 – 10:41 am
The subject of this blog is scores! Yes that numbering system that has redefined the quality, approach, mind set, consumption, wine making, marketing, and more when it comes to wine. For better or worse we have all been affected by the rating system and we will continue to be for the foreseeable future. What is [...]
Robert Parker Jr. Notes
December 24, 2010 – 12:19 pm
As most Santa Barbara cognoscenti know, Greg Linn is a huge fan of Burgundian wines, and has dedicated his projects in Santa Barbara to making potentially long-lived, elegant, flavorful wines in a more European style – at least from an alcohol perspective as rarely do these wines exceed 14%. All of the above wines are [...]
Integrity
November 18, 2010 – 10:46 am
When I was a consumer of wine, long before my adventures into winemaking, I was always amused at the next “vintage of the century”. It was rare indeed to find a winemaker or winery owner who honestly evaluated any of his vintages until they were long sold through. There are exceptions to the rule [...]