Wow – I feel like I’ve arrived! This week, 1WineDude is featured on Tom Wark’s long-standing and excellent wine blog Fermentation. This mention is extra-special for me, because I’ve really enjoyed Tom’s Bloggerviews series and have often been turned on to new and interesting writers that Tom has featured. To me, when Tom features a…
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5 Blogs in 5 Minutes: The First Edition
Technically speaking, there are approximately a boat load of wine blogs out here on the “global interwebs.” I know what you’re thinking. What, there are wine blogs besides 1wineDude.com? Really?? A recent count has us at about 1,000 wine blogs being published worldwide. Nearly 50% of those are published in English. That’s about as dizzying…
Sacre Bleu Wines Interviews 1WineDude!
Hey! In a stunning display of poor judgment, Sacre Bleu Wines has published an interview with me. Here’s what they have to say as a matter of introduction, which is all quite flattering (and I hope I can live up to it!): The word Dude in our culture is held in high esteem. It’s typically…
Left Hanging: Grape Growers Feel the Crush of the Economy
At first glance, saying that grape growers – being one link the overall supply chain that provides wine to consumers – would feel the pressure of the economic downturn and its negative impact on wine sales would seem like a no-brainer. “Well… duh!” you’re probably thinking, “If the economy sucks, and fewer people buy wine,…