Given that the Southern Hemisphere, whose “reversed” seasons give their winemakers a leg up on vintage releases, already have 2009s hitting the wine store shelves, it’s not too early to call the 2009 vintage for Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc a strong one. I won’t go so far to protest 2009 as excellent for all of New…
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My Biggest Regret of 2009 (I Need You To Donate $1 TODAY)
By most counts, 2009 was a great year for 1WineDude.com. The blog won some awards. I got interviewed – quite a lot. The blog was featured in some cool places. I got to contribute to some great publications (like CNBC and Mutineer Mag). And getting mentioned in Yahoo! Tech news and the L.A. Times was really…
Chablis-Di-Di!
I don’t normally run sponsored ad content in a post, but the folks representing this campaign have been really cool to me as I’ve been trying to work out technical issues to get their video content up on 1WineDude.com. Plus, the campaign has to do with my all-time favorite Chardonnay region: Chablis (they didn’t pay…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2010-01-09
05 Cesari Mara Vino Di Ripasso (Valpolicella): Dried cherry action w/ some orange peel & spice happily complicating matters. Pass the pork. # 05 Ruffino Riserva Ducale (Chianti Classico): For all that complex dark cherry structure, it's starting to show a bit of age. Drink soon. # 07 Jackson-Triggs Vidal Icewine (Niagara): Like mango &…