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Sales Have Gone Sideways
I don’t always keep up with current events, but when three friends of the store sent me the same New York Times article, I knew that it was something worth my attention (thanks Bill, Klaus, and Arild). On August 1st, Soumya Karlamangla’s article titled “Sales Are So Low, California Wineries Are Burning Their Vineyards,” was…
by susan.heger14 viewsadvice-that-nobody-asked-forwine - news
The Trouble with Syrah
In 2003 James Laube wrote in Wine Spectator that Syrah was poised to be California’s next great red that could someday rival Cabernet Sauvignon. In 2010 Eric Asimov wrote in the New York Times that Syrah was considered, in the 1990s, to be the next great hope for American red wine. If you consider planting…
by susan.heger14 viewsadvice-that-nobody-asked-forwine - news
Crete: Where all the Women are Strong and all the Men are Good-looking
Sometimes you think you’ve seen enough of something. Enough vineyards, enough barrel rooms, enough wineries – I mean how many stainless steel tanks does one guy need to see? It’s easy to become jaded in any line of work, see enough breweries, wineries, and distilleries and you get the gist. It was nice, for a…
by susan.heger11 viewsadvice-that-nobody-asked-forwine - news
Sails and Snails
“Do any of you get sick when you’re on a boat?” This was the question our youthful captain, Petros, asked us as we were boarding their fifty foot sailboat to venture to the island of Dia. I hadn’t been on a sailboat since I was ten, so who’s to say? Here I was on my…
by susan.heger13 viewsadvice-that-nobody-asked-forwine - news
In Greece They Just Call it a Wedding
What’s the old cliché, when it rains it pours? My last work trip abroad was back in 2019 to Jerez in southern Spain, you know, Sherry country, but then Covid came and the trips dried up for six years. It may not seem like a big loss, but when one of the perks of the…
by susan.heger15 viewsadvice-that-nobody-asked-forwine - news
A Little Doria Storia
Why do things the easy way when you can do things your way? This is the unspoken driving philosophy behind Doria Wines, run by Cristina and Marco Doria. A number of you reading this had the good fortune to join us this past Friday to sample their wines, while long time readers may remember a…
by susan.heger13 viewsadvice-that-nobody-asked-forwine - news
À Chacun Son Goût
There’s no accounting for taste, they say. After years of doing whatever it is I do, I’ve come to terms with the fact that sometimes I just can’t predict what people will like and what they won’t. It’s freeing really though, puts less pressure on me to nail every recommendation. One of the first earnest…
by susan.heger16 viewsadvice-that-nobody-asked-forwine - news
A Hill for the Ages
When last you read, I was enjoying the fruits of the Das Schnappscart and plentiful schnitzel, but now this week’s entry concerns our last days in Austria and Germany. I was loath to depart the town that had been our base of operations for the week, but all good things must come to an end,…
by susan.heger17 viewsadvice-that-nobody-asked-forwine - news
Das Schnappscart, Anybody?
In this third entry of my Austrian travelogue prepare to be dazzled with further wine consumption and schnapps of a mysterious nature – visit our website if you missed the first two entries in this series: https://www.statelineliquors.com/advice-that-nobody-asked-for/ After an evening of dinner and dancing at the Schweizerhaus, we awoke invigorated with enthusiasm for our first…
by susan.heger16 viewsadvice-that-nobody-asked-forwine - news
Welcome to the Schweizerhaus!
Welcome back to Part 2 of Travel Advice Nobody Asked For, in which I continue to elucidate how much work it is to go to far away places and drink. When last we left off I was enjoying sleep deprivation and cured meats in Austria and, don’t you worry now, I got to have a…
by susan.heger15 viewsadvice-that-nobody-asked-forwine - news
I Left My Heart in Poysdorf
If you read last week’s WATNAF entry, you may have noticed that it was an Austria themed rerun. And if you pay attention to our store’s Instagram account (statelineinsta), you may have noticed that this past week had more travel content than usual. Well I’m back, with only light jetlag, from a fantastic trip to…
by susan.heger16 viewsadvice-that-nobody-asked-forwine - news
It Was the Best of Times it Was the Blurst of Times
From the Annals of Wine Writing For reasons that will become apparent in the very near future, this week’s essay will be a rerun from early this year. I hope you enjoy the reading this one with a nice glass of Gruner Veltliner. Cheers! ______________________________________ As an elder millennial I recall rotary phones, record players…
by susan.heger15 viewsadvice-that-nobody-asked-forwine - news
A Model Example
Did you know that there are roughly 70 additives allowed to be used in winemaking according to the TTB (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau)? This isn’t going to be some sort of muckraking exposé where I pretend to be a regular Jurgis Rudkus over here discovering the seedy underbelly of American winemaking, it’s…
by susan.heger16 viewsadvice-that-nobody-asked-forwine - news
Well, What do I know Anyway?
I’ve given a lot of advice over the years in this column, most of which was unsolicited and asked for by nobody. The very first entry that I typed was about how to select birth year wines to cellar for your darling bambina or bambino, respectively. The kind of wine that you would put away…
by susan.heger16 viewsadvice-that-nobody-asked-forwine - news
What Goes Up Just Goes Up (Part 6…The Grand Finale?)
I was hoping the last entry that I wrote on tariffs was going to be the final one, but no, we’re due for one more. Besides, we can end the final entry on a prime number, can we? Back in February, much to my surprise, the Supreme Court declared that the tariffs imposed by the…
by susan.heger22 viewsadvice-that-nobody-asked-forwine - news
Petillent Naturel: Pét-Nat or Pet Nasty?
I’ll admit, I’m late to the party. What party, you ask? Why the Pét-Nat party of course. No, it isn’t a new political party that all of the Zoomers are joining en masse, it’s that naturally sparkling wine that gained popularity about a decade ago. Pét-Nat is an abbreviation of the French term “petillent naturel,”…
by susan.heger16 viewsadvice-that-nobody-asked-forwine