Holy shnikies! We have arrived at the ninth (!) annual recap of the most interesting wines of the year. I feel old. Really, really, f*cking old. Anyway, while I am coming to grips with the fact that there have been nine (!) incarnations of this list, you can check out the previous entries for 2015,…
We Two Kings (December 2016 Wine Products Roundup)
It’s that time of the month here on 1WD. The time when we take a critical look at some of the samples I receive that cannot actually be safely imbibed. And now that we’re closing up 2016, this also happens to be the last monthly wine products round-up of the year. This month, both products…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For December 19, 2016
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available…
Your New Gamay Beau (Tasting Georges Duboeuf 2015 Cru Beaujolais)
The term “vintage of the century” has been tossed around like confetti by the French lately (though we can forgive them, I suppose, given the hella-bad weather some of their regions have been suffering in the last couple of vintages). It’s become more of an eye-roll-inducing a phrase than “private email server.” And so it’s…