Normally for these year-in-review recaps, I start by going into some details about my life over the last twelve months. F*ck that sh*t this time. I’m focused full steam ahead on the future, baby. If you need a summary, 2015 was the year that I gifted myself my freedom. The results are much more positive…
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The Most Viewed 1WineDude Articles Of 2014
As we come to the close of 2014… well, I’m kind of in a weird place looking back on it. The year has had a lot of ups and downs for me, but I’m happy to write that the professional side of things has been almost exclusively UP for me in 2014. But that has…
The Most Interesting Wines Of 2014
The Most Interesting Wines of the Year – some of the more thought-provoking discussion here on these virtual pages have come courtesy of this annual list, compiled with a not insignificant amount of effort on my part in looking back on the crap-ton of wines that I had the pleasure (mostly, anyway) to have tasted…
Think Wine Criticism Is B.S.? Then You Need To Reject All Forms Of Criticism
Every once in a while, when I tell people what I do for a living, I get a sort of snickering question along the lines of “does it bother you that part of what you do is total bullsh*t?” These folks are usually referring to the studies, quoted by lazy media outlets ad nauseum, that…