(image: kyledesigns.wordpress.com) Last week, I posted an article with my Top 10 Budget Wine picks. In the dreamy, sleep-deprived bliss of fatherhood, I totally missed the opportunity to invite you to submit YOUR favorite low-cost wines. Blame it on the magic of having a new baby in the house – the kind of special magic…
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Meditation By The Glass: The Mindfulness of Wine Appreciation
(images: all from Joe’s house!) Although I was raised in the shadow of Roman Catholicism, I am not by any stretch of the imagination a religious man. In fact, after attending an Oblate grade school, a Franciscan high school, and a Jesuit university for undergrad, I ended up totally religiously-confused. Not exactly a poster-child for…
1WineDude’s Top 10 Budget Wine Picks
(images: piperreport.com, amazon.com, storeappeal.com) It is with much trepidation that I publish this post. Not that I don’t enjoy giving wine advice. I love it, acutally. I especially love when people tell me that they truly enjoyed a wine that I recommended to them. When I hear that those wines opened people up to new…
3 Things an Infant Can Teach You About Drinking Wine
(images: firstrung.co.uk, www.2112.net/powerwindows, freelanceswitch.com, ecx.images-amazon.com) In a mere 2 1/2 weeks, my infant daughter has taught me a lot about life – how fragile, strong, miraculous, and “gritty” it can be, sometimes all at once. What I didn’t expect is that she would also teach me something about wine appreciation. Now, before you go running…