I’m excited to share with you the details for Episode Two of The Punch Down! [ For those who need a quick catch up on TPD: for the last few months, I’ve been working with London-based wine educator and author Tara O’Leary on a video wine show that finally went Live in December 2012; to…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For January 14, 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…
Weekly Wine Quiz: Who’s Down With VDP?
Welcome to the Weekly Wine Quiz! This week, we’re continuing the German wine theme, and also continuing the relatively-new format of redirecting your answer back to the Local Wine Events website for each answer (where I originally host the quizzes, via the LWE weekly newsletter, The Juice). Get your German dictionary out, because you might…
A Post-Holiday Bargain Bottle Of Farmer Fizz (And How To Pour It!)
When Playboy.com asked me to put together a primer on Champagne (for the NYE celebration holiday season), I was sporting a seriously large sh*t-eating grin on my face. I mean, c’mon… the homework involved in that requires me to raid the sample pool for all of the Champers I could get my grubby little paws…