Ok, geeks; REMAIN CALM. That’s the message we need to repeat to our geeky wine selves after reading the article “Science has spoken: Big wine doesn’t mean more flavour” by Beppi Crosariol in The Globe and Mail. In case you missed it, the scoop is that a rather cleverly executed experiment involving 26 “relatively inexperienced…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For April 13, 2015
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…
Winemakers 4 You (The Wine4.Me Interviews)
For the last year or so, I’ve been amassing a nice little collection of winemaker interviews. Not here on 1WD, mind you, but for one of my gigs with the excellent people at the Wine4.me app team. Long-time 1WD readers may recognize Wine4.me as the mobile app incarnation of Vinesleuth, with company whom I spent…
Bubbling Over (A Fix.com Guide To Sparkling Wine)
Attention, peeps! My latest entry for Fix.com is now live; this time, we’re providing an overview of some of the world’s more exciting sparkling wine regions, titled Bubbling Over. See what they did there? Ok, I’ll shut up now. Once again, the Fix.com crew’s stellar graphics talents are on full display, making the most (and…