Today marks the 58th Wine Blogging Wednesday event, this month hosted at the witty, pull-no-punches and cleverly-named Gonzo Gastronomy blog. The theme selected by Gonzo ringleader Katie Pizzuto is one that’s near & dear to my heart – the pairing of wine and music, both topics that I’m passionate about seeing as how much of…
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Tell Me Somethin’ Goode (Vintank Jumps Into the Murphy-Goode Job Fray)
Reality sometimes has a way of bringing strange and awesome congruence to a situation by weaving previously unrelated streams together into a better-together, greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts style mash-up. Bananas & pancakes. Peanut Butter and Chocolate. Bacon and… well, bacon and anything. At the congruence of wine and Web 2.0, we now find two friends of 1WineDude.com, Dirty…
150 Years of Louis Jadot (Burgundy Rocks Out in Toronto)
Back in March, I pondered if wine appreciation was becoming cool, drawing a parallel between wine’s place in the cultural lexicon of recreation beverages and the newfound popularity of the long-running Canadian power rock trio Rush – or as I like to refer to them, The Greatest Band in the History of All Mankind. The…
Giveaways: Pimp My Cellar Edition!
I know what you’re thinking. Does that girl in Accounting think I’m cute? Either that, or you’re thinking that we’re into Week #3 of intense Giveaway action here on 1WineDude.com!!! Two weeks ago, five lucky winners walked away with copies of the latest way-cool Putumayo world music CD release Italia (a collection of songs recorded…