WORLD WINE WATCH NEWSLETTER ONLINE! (a division of GOTHIC EPICURES WRITING)

Remember, it's not hard to be a wine writer: you just have to have opinions about wines and find someone to pay you for those opinions. You also have to recognize that there's nothing really free, and that you're getting wine samples, invites, dinners, trips and parties not because you're so great and so cool. You get these perks because it serves a purpose: ultimately, it's a wine writer's job in association with "our industry partners" to sell wine. You might even want to read "Oxford Companion to Wine" on the differences between a wine WRITER and a wine CRITIC. "The secret of wine writing is not simply to share opinions, but to give readers the confidence to have their own." -- Giles Kime

As always, I do what I can to produce publications and data which are pleasing in every way and devoid of error. Life, however, mocks my efforts. Prices change, and sometimes I live to regret the clever turns of phrase that seemed so very right at the time. I apologize for errors of fact, ill-conceived metaphors, mistakes of spelling or pronunciation, opinions that will come back to haunt me in years to come, and solecisms of every description. Like you, I try my damnedest, but it doesn't always work. Still, perhaps next time. Thanks to someone who knows what I mean and inspired me to write this disclaimer. E & OE, and all that...Why is there NEVER enough time to do it right but ALWAYS enough time to do it over? Look it up, and you'll remember it longer! (Screw it up, and you'll remember it forever....)

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