Category Archives: Wine

Covid-19 and Small Wineries — A Personal Perspective From the Trenches

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Poor Robert

We live in a very different and crazy, uncertain world right now and for many of us it involved simply going home, working from home and doing the occasional jig-saw puzzle to break up the day.  We watched mainstreet businesses … Continue reading →

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New Wine for a New Generation of Wine Drinkers Or . . .

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Poor Robert

For a while now I’ve been thinking about the sheer volume of new wine (different labels) have hit the market in the past several years, why and what it really means.  In an effort to synthesize my thoughts on the … Continue reading →

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Wine, Wine Everywhere, but is it Old Enouth to Drink?

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Poor Robert

I’ve been AWOL for a while as life has gotten in the way of my blogging, but I am slowly getting back in the swing of things and hope to do a lot more this spring and summer. This offering … Continue reading →

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Rioja Versus Rioja – Will One Tempranillo More?

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Poor Robert

This gallery contains 3 photos.

Originally posted on Talk-A-Vino:
The time has come for a battle, where the brother will go against the brother and the blood will spill … – oops, let’s cull the drama before it sets in – it is the wine…

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Economic Impact of California Wine Country Wildfires: Preliminary Analysis

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Poor Robert

I was in the process of writing up something on the impact of the fires in wine country on the wine community and production when Mike posted this. It has better detail than I had so I am just reblogging … Continue reading →

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The Weekly wine for September 25, 2017 A Very Rare (unobtainable) Wine

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Poor Robert

It’s been a while since I’ve posted to Poor Robert’s, as they say; Life has sort of gotten in the way.  Well I now have a reason. I just tried a really fun and interesting wine that nobody, not even … Continue reading →

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A White Barbera (yes that’s correct)

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Poor Robert

Jim Olsen, one of my all time favorite winemakers received a $100,000 grant to create a really unique wine of his choosing.  Boy did he ever! He started with the best California grown Barbara grapes  (deep Italian red grapes) raised … Continue reading →

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A Guest Post by Pascal, a Young Frenchman living in South Carolina who loves and lives Wine.

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Poor Robert

Pascal who grew up with his hands in the soil of Frances great wine regions wrote this as a post to a wine group I frequent and I asked permission to reprint it to my Poor Robert’s.  I am posting … Continue reading →

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Brexit Means Brexit (But What Does It Mean for Global Wine Markets?)

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Poor Robert

Well wine fan’s There is a reason Mike is one of my favorite bloggers, he is thoughtful and his facts are actually facts. This post on the impact of Brexit and it’s impact on the wine world is just wonderful. … Continue reading →

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The Holidays and Wine (not so much)

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Poor Robert

The holiday season regardless of your religious (or not) persuasions is supposed to be about peace, love and joy.  Since the beginning of recorded history we read and hear about wine being an integral part of the season.  After all … Continue reading →

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