(images: tenaciously.smugmug.com) Booth babes. Row upon row of free alcohol to sample, some of it top notch. Hobnobbing with local wine celebs (e.g., Marnie Old). Man, the lengths I will go to give me readers a decent story! I was recently (in Q4 2007) asked by a local restaurant / wine bar to help them…
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Happy Birthday 1WineDude.com (Dude’s Greatest Hits)
1WineDude.com quietly turns 1 year old today! I say quietly, because 1) I prefer intimate birthday parties, and 2) while this blog is technically 1 year old, it’s only really been‘all-grows-up’ since October 2007, when Dude started “taking this blogging thing a bit more seriously,” as they say. Not sure exactly who ‘they’ are, but…
20 Things About Life I’ve Learned From Drinking Wine
(images: davidzinger.wordpress.com, elsnoozo.blogspot.com, history.com, aceface.com) It’s been said in some Eastern traditions that to be born a human is a rare event. To be a human and to question the source of life (to become a Seeker) is rarer still. And rarest of all is to seek and find your guru, the way to enlightenment….
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…