Frequent 1WD readers know that I get a bit, er, cantankerous when I notice long-standing wine industry types make wildly speculative – or even downright inaccurate – claims about how the wine industry functions, without citing any data in support of their crap claims. This happens (just a guesstimate) roughly every seven minutes or so …
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For March 24, 2014
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…
1WineDudeTV Episode 60: How Wine Brands Can Get Blogs To Tell Their Stories
After I announced that I’d be sitting on the “Meet the Bloggers” panel at Wineries & Breweries Unlimited 2014 in Richmond with Fredric Koeppel and David White, a few (dozen) of you asked me (mostly privately) if the session would be recorded. Thanks to some help from the friendly Nomacorc folks, here is…
Come Heckle Me (And Sample Some World-Class Juice) At Taste Washington 2014
On Sunday, March 30, I’ll be participating in what has become the U.S.’s largest wine and food event focused on a single region, Taste Washington at Seattle’s CenturyLink Field. Those wishing to heckle me will find this one of the better opportunities afforded them in recent memory. I’ll be a media guest at the Seattle…