Hey folks – a reminder for you that Twitter Taste Live is happening again tonight at 8PM ET. This round will be for charity, as we will be drinking and reviewing the wines of Humanitas! (details available here). Hope to see you online at twitter (you can also follow along with the action live below,…
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Ditch Your Wine Tasting "Training Wheels" (The Trouble With Wine Ratings, Part 3)
“Scores are like your training wheels – hopefully you take them off at some point.” – Joel Peterson I’ve never been a big fan of wine ratings or wine scoring systems. Mostly because I don’t know anyone who speaks in ratings. Even sports fans (who, justifiably, love numbers, rankings, and comparisons) don’t really speak in…
Wine Blogging Wednesday #51: "Baked Goods"
Welcome to Wine Blogging Wednesday #51(WineDude)! Dude here is hosting the 51st edition of the venerable WBW, and today’s theme is “Baked Goods“ – reviews of wines that are deliberately heated (aka “Madeirized”), and we’re also allowing reviews of sweet Fortified wines to be included. For the scoop on how Wine Blogging Wednesday works, check…
Portable vs Potable II: A Tetrapak Smackdown (or "Garbage In, Garbage Out")
In this exciting edition of Tales of the Purple Monkey, Plumboo (that’s the monkey) and I take on some wine samples provided in Tetrapak packaging. And narrowly survive! During the Wine Bloggers Conference earlier this week, one of the event sponsors, Tetra Pak, supplied us with samples of wines from wineries that are using their…