If I had to sum up the history of Silvaner, the ancient wine grape that probably originated in Transylvania but whose spirit now resides firmly in Germany’s Franken region, in as few words as possible, it would probably look something like this: Short shrift. The problem is not that Silvaner isn’t any good. In fact,…
Month: October 2009
Mosel Hottie Crowned 61st German Wine Queen
Today, I’m closing the loop and following up on the contest to find the next German Wine Queen, who was officially crowned last week in a final gala event featuring the six finalists culled from Germany’s 13 wine regions. The winner was Sonja Christchurch from the Mosel, who is a recent business graduate and has…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2009-10-10
07 Davis Bynum Chardonnay (Russian River Valley): U might be able to approximate this by stuffing a croissant into a glass of grain alcohol. # 07 Davis Bynum Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley): Enormous ultra-concentrated offering. Red berry fruit is nice but is fighting for its life # 04 Heron Hill Eclipse Red (NY): Call…
1WineDude Up for Best Wine Blog in The Foodbuzz Blog Awards – Vote Today!
Holy crap! I was greeted by a very pleasant surprise today when I ventured over to the Foodbuzz.com Blog Awards to vote for a few friends of mine whose blogs were nominated in various award categories. That’s when I first noticed that the following category even existed, and did a super-fast-head-fake-double-take upon seeing the list…