Virginia, as the marketing slogan goes, is for Lovers. VA may soon be for wine lovers, especially if you’re fond of Old World style Cabernet Franc. VA is not necessarily for wine writers, however. Those are the tidbits of knowledge that I came away with anyway, after touring a handful of Loudoun County wineries with…
Month: August 2009
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2009-08-22
07 Rued Chardonnay (Russian River Valley): Aromatic & *almost* balanced at 14.5 abv with stone fruits galore. Pretty good deal for $18. # 05 Blair Wedding Cuvee (Pennsylvania): Bad label, good wine. One of the spiciest (& best) East Coast Cab Franc blends I've had in a while. # 08 d'Arenberg 'Broken Fishplate' Sauvignon Blanc…
1WineDude Featured on Tom Wark’s Fermentation!
Wow – I feel like I’ve arrived! This week, 1WineDude is featured on Tom Wark’s long-standing and excellent wine blog Fermentation. This mention is extra-special for me, because I’ve really enjoyed Tom’s Bloggerviews series and have often been turned on to new and interesting writers that Tom has featured. To me, when Tom features a…
5 Blogs in 5 Minutes: The First Edition
Technically speaking, there are approximately a boat load of wine blogs out here on the “global interwebs.” I know what you’re thinking. What, there are wine blogs besides 1wineDude.com? Really?? A recent count has us at about 1,000 wine blogs being published worldwide. Nearly 50% of those are published in English. That’s about as dizzying…