Back on December 18th, 2013, a Sicilian dessert wine made from dried Zibibbo (aka Muscat of Alexandria) ruled the wine twitter world for an hour. Think about that for a minute. A $40 half-bottle of sweet wine. Of Zibibbo. From Sicily. I recently wrote up the top five most mentioned wines online in 2013, and…
100 Articles Later (December 2013 Wine.Answers.com Roundup)
It’s hard for me to believe, but since I started my gig as the Answers.com wine dude in the Spring I’ve penned 100 articles for the category (yes, it’s a paying gig; no, I’m not part of their recently announced guest blogger program). So far, it’s been… well, great, actually. I’ve been able to find…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For December 23, 2013
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…
The Most Interesting Wines Of 2013, Part Two
Aaaaaaaannnnd… here they are! I give you the Top Ten Most Interesting Wines of 2013, as determined by my mouth, brain, and what amounts to my dark little tortured soul. For the preamble and the wines that made the newly-expanded 20 through 11 slots of this round-up, see The Most Interesting Wines of 2013, Part…