What wine would you buy right now if you had $500 to spend on it? I mean, let’s say you were given $500 cash, right now, and told the only condition upon receiving it was that you had to spend that money on wine, and you had to buy it right now. What would you…
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The 1WineDude.com Top 10 Most Interesting Wines of 2009
Here we go again. It is… that time. That time when I present the 1WineDude.com Top 10 Most Interesting Wines of the Year. Although I tried last year to set proper expectations around this year end recap of tasty vino, that didn’t stop my Top 10 Most Interesting Wines of 2008 list from being used…
Of Spouses, Samples and 92-Point Flawed Wines
What do you do when you and your spouse / significant other /favorite pet / whatever find yourselves double-booked for holiday party engagements? If you’re me, you declare defeat, play holiday party hooky and instead grab three bottles from the samples stash and go out for a “date night” dinner alone to reconnect. That’s what…
China and Wine: By the Numbers
The November 23, 2009 edition of the New Yorker contains a fascinating article by Evan Osnos titled “Letter From China – Reds: The creation of a wine-loving class.” The article recounts a short period in the history of the A.S.C. Fine Wines company based in Beijing and run by two Canadians (a father-and-son team by…