Last week Riedel, the Austrian glassware company that seems tailor-made for the anally-retentive (the company produces glasses designed specifically for different wine styles and individual varietal wines, and even for different types of water), threatened wine blogger (and friend of 1WD) Ron Washam, better known within the wine biz as The Hosemaster of Wine. Apparently,…
Month: August 2015
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For August 10, 2015
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 reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available…
Curmudgeonly Yours (Talking Wine Consumer Advocacy With The Wine Curmudgeon)
This week, I’ve the pleasure of being the featured guest on The Wine Curmudgeon Winecast podcast. I’ve judged with and hung out with Wine Curmudgeon founder, author, and journalist Jeff Siegel, and consider him a friend (hence my strong reaction to a recent misunderstanding about quotes from Jeff, and about his place in the wine…
Sweet Niblets! (2010 Anakota Helena Montana Vineyard Cabernet)
The gravelly, sandy soils of the Helena Montana vineyard sit about 950 feet above sea level in Knights Valley. It’s where we’ll be wrapping up the recent spate of California coverage her on 1WD (…and all the Europhiles rejoiced…). When I visited said vineyard, I resisted the urge to shout “Sweet Niblets!” – which, I…