Greetings from the waning moments of the 2008 Wine Bloggers Conference in Sonoma. It’s 10AM PT. And yes, I am drinking already. Some great things are happening here in Sonoma, and I’m looking forward to blogging about my winery walk through Michel Schlumerger, our discussion on the state of wine media (during which I received…
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1WD LIVE @ WBC08 :: The LIVE Tasting Event!
1WineDude is LIVE at the 2008 Wine Bloggers Conference in Sonoma Friday October 24, 2008 at 3:30 PM PT! The event is now over, but you can get a recap of the feed from the event below. Enjoy!
88 – The Number of The Beast?
Another ditty for The 89 Project has me tasting a devil of a wine that good ol’ Wine Enthusiast dubbed a “Best Buy” and gave 88 points (hey, it’s not technically an 89, but it’s close enough for government work, right?): Concha y Toro’s 2007 “Casillero del Diablo” Chardonnay Reserve (Casablanca Valley, Chile). Speak of…
The 1WD @ The WBC08 (or "How Drunk You Can Expect Me to Be This Weekend")
What do you, me, and the upcoming first-ever North American Wine Bloggers Conference (Oct. 24-26 2008 – yes, it’s on a weekend, presumably because none of us wine bloggers make any money blogging so we have day jobs during the week) have in common? I dunno, either. Uhm…. We’re all carbon-based life forms consisting mostly…