Here we go again! TasteCamp East, the brainchild of New York Cork Report founder and fellow Steelers fan Lenn Thompson, is now in its second year and this weekend will be gathering together nearly 40 North American wine bloggers in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region for a few days of tasting, eating, and (probably)…
Author: 1WineDude
Vinify Winery Collective Exclusive Tasting: Win a Free Pass!
On May 23rd, if you’re going to be in or near Santa Rosa, then you have a chance to taste some awesome juice and maybe even meet uber-rocker, kick-ass bassist and wine brand owner Les Claypool. All for free, of course, if you win this week’s giveaway! Here’s the skinny: Couple Hillary and Justin Lattanzio…
Tasting A Legend: Going to Head-to-Head with Haut-Brion 1929
“A bottle of good wine, like a good act, shines ever in the retrospect.” – Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson had it right about special wines being eminently memorable, though he forgot to add the part about how wine tasting, like a hot date, owes so much to anticipation. And as much as I like to…
The Most Beautiful Wine Cellars In The World, Revisited (Now With Drool-Inducing Pics!)
After my review last week of the newly-released book by Astrid Fobelets, Jurgen Lijcops, The Most Beautiful Wine Cellars In The World, I received requests (one in the comments, and a few more via email) for some pictures from that haughty tome. After all, if you’re gonna drop upwards of $60 on a coffee table…