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Not only do we love wine and food, but we’re also home beer brewers. We appreciate a well-crafted IPA or Amber Ale, and we always buy the small-name craft beers at stores or pubs. But corporate America has been subtly sneaking into the craft beer marketplace, by introducing beers that by their labels can seem like true craft beers, but aren’t.
Not only do the faux craft beers taste (to us) more watery and less “crafted,” but we deplore the deception that is made to confuse consumers (and, of course, probably to try to drive the small brewers out of business by the big corporates).
Blue Moon is made by Molson Coors, and tastes as wimpy as does any beer with “Coors” on the label. Henry Weinhard is owned/made by Miller. Redhook by Anheuser-Busch.
If you want great-tasting real craft beers, consider avoiding the above brands, as well as beers by Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing, Widmer Bros. Brewing, Goose Island, and ZiegenBock. These brewers are owned all or in part by one of the Big 3. We’ll report on others as we become aware of them.
A Meal Without Wine is our blog about food, cooking, wine, and many things related to the enjoyment of life. “A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine.” – Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
What's This All About?
If you’ve visited this site before, you might notice some changes. We’ve re-focused on cooking as creativity; interesting meals; wine pairings. In short, more food, still some wine, but seldom wine reviews.
By the way, you won’t find a comments section here. We long ago grew tired of sniping, comment spam, and uninformed opinions. Read us if you enjoy what we have to say. If you have a polite question or comment, please feel free to contact us through the Who Are We section below.
By the way, you won’t find a comments section here. We long ago grew tired of sniping, comment spam, and uninformed opinions. Read us if you enjoy what we have to say. If you have a polite question or comment, please feel free to contact us through the Who Are We section below.
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Who Are We?
Ken Hulick has been a writer, editor, photographer, and chef for decades. His foodie background includes being a private chef, working at a cheesemonger and Italian deli, and writing food and wine articles. He is writing a food/cooking/creativity book (not a cookbook) tentatively called The Cooking School of Life – you might occasionally see excerpts here.
He was also the creative director and a writer/photographer for California Grower magazine (an agricultural trade publication). His professional career has been primarily as a marketing and branding consultant to a variety of clients in several different industries, as well as a lot of freelance magazine writing and photography.
Francesca Campbell Hulick is an oil painter and photographer. She prepares great meals when Ken lets her in the kitchen.
He was also the creative director and a writer/photographer for California Grower magazine (an agricultural trade publication). His professional career has been primarily as a marketing and branding consultant to a variety of clients in several different industries, as well as a lot of freelance magazine writing and photography.
Francesca Campbell Hulick is an oil painter and photographer. She prepares great meals when Ken lets her in the kitchen.
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Other Wine & Food Blogs We Enjoy
Wine & Food Links
- THE COOKING SCHOOL OF LIFE: Private cooking lessons and private chef services.
- APPELLATION AMERICA: North America winery information.
- TURLEY: Great, big Zinfandels and other wines.
- RIDGE VINEYARDS: Our favorite California reds, especially Zinfandel.
- CAMBRIA: Burgundian reds and whites, especially Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
- PAHLMEYER: California reds and whites for the true enthusiast.
- CORKSAVVY.COM: Wine articles, news, and free applications.
- THE WINE HUB: Wine and wine-tourism information.
- WINE DIRECTORY: Internet resources.
- WINE TRAVEL GUIDES: Excellent Europe wine travel resources.
Disclosure:
We write this blog for fun. We offer our honest opinions and commentary about the topics we choose to discuss.
Although the world runs on “grease,” none seems to flow our direction – no free wines, no free winery tours. Should we ever accept any freebies, and subsequently write about that wine, winery, company, or destination, we will disclose that information in our review. Our review will still carry our honest opinion – positive, negative, or neutral.
Secondly, we are not part of any affiliate marketing program. We get no compensation from referrals if we write positively about a wine, winery, destination, product, or service. We get no revenue from any link to any site we refer to anywhere in our writing.
Lastly, we have no control over ads that Google posts on our site. We don’t even know the content of those ads, as they change frequently and at random. To be honest, we don’t even look at what’s being advertised.
Although the world runs on “grease,” none seems to flow our direction – no free wines, no free winery tours. Should we ever accept any freebies, and subsequently write about that wine, winery, company, or destination, we will disclose that information in our review. Our review will still carry our honest opinion – positive, negative, or neutral.
Secondly, we are not part of any affiliate marketing program. We get no compensation from referrals if we write positively about a wine, winery, destination, product, or service. We get no revenue from any link to any site we refer to anywhere in our writing.
Lastly, we have no control over ads that Google posts on our site. We don’t even know the content of those ads, as they change frequently and at random. To be honest, we don’t even look at what’s being advertised.