Make that, your Somm is under fire. Fiiiiiiiiirrrreeeeeeee… Anyway… Last week I was guest on the Keeper Collective’s weekly twitter guest Q&A wine event, called #SommChat, part of their Somms Under Fire wine competition brand umbrella. This prompted quite a comments coming my way, most of which can be summed up in the following imaginary-but-wholly-representative…
Month: June 2012
Auction Napa Valley 2012: One Dude’s Tasting Notes
Part of the madness of Auction Napa Valley (the annual over-the-top charity shin-dig that this year raked in about $8 million) – and the fun – is that both the one-percenters and the rest of us can bid on barrels of upcoming Napa Valley wine releases (and, in some cases, special one-of-a-kind lots) during the…
Monday Mini Wine Reviews Round-Up For June 11, 2012
So, like what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine sample tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible. Below is a wrap-up of the twitter reviews…
Weekly Wine Quiz: Old School Cab?
Welcome to the Weekly Wine Quiz! Based on feedback from ever-so-vocal-and-intelligent peeps like you, I do not supply the quiz answer directly in the post – you will need to tune back in later in the comments section for the answer. This week, we’re continuing a series of quizzes about Australia, since I was recently…