I saw a stat today: over 67 billion dollars spent on carbonated beverages last year in America. Total wine sales last year were something like half of that number.
Kinda puts this business in perspective, doesn’t it? It also puts that little over-hyped report on the French Paradox in perspective.
It’s not just red wine that the […]

Didn’t I just say something a few days ago about bartender/drunkie privelege? Yeah. But who doesn’t have a drunk Kiefer Sutherland story? If you’ve ever bartended in a major metropolitan area…chances are good that you do. I mean we’re talking from this photo to all the way back in the day, like a la Lost […]

Neighbor pissed me of today. I awoke to the distinct droning of a backho. Neighbor was ripping up MY beloved rosemary bush that just so happens to live behind his garage in the alley. What is neighbor doing? How will I make my rosemary blossom vodka in spring? The tiny plot of land is too […]

I don’t spend any money at the department store cosmetic counters. That’s for the terminally insecure. As you can probably guess, I think it’s mostly a bunch of overpriced shite in fancy packaging that’s the same stuff you can get in Walgreen’s. (It’s true, actually. There are 10 or 20 palette houses in Korea and […]

The Wine Offensive Podcast is coming soon. Stay tuned.