(image: dailyzen.com)It’s official. 1WineDude.com readers are smarter, funnier, more talented, and in all likelihood more attractive than I am. I say this because: I am arguably an impish gnome with a half-baked palate trying to earn an honest living from near-constant drinking (curse you, Zane Lamprey – you stole my job!), and I have received…
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Help, My Wife Only Drinks Bad Chardonnay! (How to Rescue Her From Wine Hell)
(images: nigella, mikesblog.typepad.com, gamerevolution.com, totalgambler.com) Warning: This post details – and advocates – actions that are sneaky, surreptitious, and downright manipulative. If you are of tender constitution, or high moral standing, I suggest that you turn away now. Still with me? Great – that’s why I love my readers! You people ROCK! Please note: In…
Fermentation’s 2008 American Wine Blog Awards (Rock the Vote!)
I would like to give a huge shout out of thanks to my readers for voting for me in the 2008 American Wine Blog Awards! I have a great deal of respect for what Tom Wark is doing over at his Fermentation blog, especially his continued fight against monopolized wine shipping – there’s a passion…
Why Fruit Bombs Are OK (I am Here to Whet Some Palates!)
(images: jacop.net, pocketpcmag.net) Warning: If you consider yourself a wine snob, or are easily offended (or both), then I am about to lose you as a friend with this post. Because I am here to tell you that “Fruit Bombs” (those wines made in a style that deliberately dials up the varietal fruit and shoves…