At the 2010 Professional Wine Writers Symposium (yeah, I know… that topic again?!??), the Napa Valley Vintners (a non-profit trade organization that promotes its members wines and the region as a wine powerhouse generally) hooked us (the attendees) up with wines produced by their various association members. A couple of random bottles of what-have-you in…
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Final Results Are IN for the Grü V Olympics
I recently took part in a fun experiment, in which a group of wine bloggers were sent four Austrian Gruner Veltliner wines to face-off against one another in a head-to-head tasting. The event was billed The Grü V Olympics, the idea being that each blogger scored the wines according to a predefined system with points…
The United Slurps of America. Also, Some Organic Wines Still Suck
Actually, let’s take those in reverse order. Here’s the deal – I have a love/hate affair with organic wines. I love the fact that they’re organic and environmentally-friendly; I hate many of the wines because they’re not any good. And I’m convinced that enough wine consumers have reached a similar conclusion that they actually avoid…
Seeing Red For the First Time (Wine Blogging Wednesday #67)
I’m thrilled to be hosting the next Wine Blogging Wednesday (#67) right here on 1WineDude.com, which will take place on Wednesday, March 24th! I haven’t hosted a WBW event since November 2008 (WBW #51), so I wanted to make sure that I had a really cool theme for the event – and I think the…