(images: jacop.net, pocketpcmag.net) Warning: If you consider yourself a wine snob, or are easily offended (or both), then I am about to lose you as a friend with this post. Because I am here to tell you that “Fruit Bombs” (those wines made in a style that deliberately dials up the varietal fruit and shoves…
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The Official 1WineDude Wine “Mini-Reviews” Page (published via twitter)
In January of 2008, I began to get into the Wine 2.0 conversation and started to post wine reviews on twitter. For those of you not familiar with twitter, it’s essentially a ‘micro-blogging’ platform that allows you to post short updates about what’s happening in your life. And when I say short, I mean it…
Wine Makes You Sexier (I’m just sayin’…)
(image: www.yandy.com) And it’s not because the object of your desire becomes more desirable after you’ve put on the “wine goggles.” According to a survey jointly sponsored by the Australian Wine Council and on-line dating service Match.com, having a healthy knowledge of the world’s most romantic beverage makes you more attractive, with those people preferring…
Making Sense of “Wine 2.0” (Power to the People!)
Wine 2.0 Whenever I’m asked about Wine 2.0, the conversation usually goes something like this: “Hey Dude – what exactly is Wine 2.0 anyways? Is that, like, some future technology where wine will get instantly zapped into my glass, like on Star Trek? ‘Cause that would, like, seriously rule.” Uh… not quite. I’ve found this…