If you give a wine geek a Savennières, eventually he’ll want to take a trip to Savennières. If he takes a press trip to Savennières, he’s probably going to want to visit a Chateau. Even if it snows and it’s bitterly cold. Even if that area of the Loire valley hasn’t seen snow in a…
Me, You And Wines.com, Too
I’m happy to announce what most of you reading this already know, which is that I’m now a featured contributor to the video blog on Wines.com. You can check out my first installment, in which I brave the wilderness of my backyard to talk about the brouhaha surrounding the Natural Wine movement. The idea behind…
1WineDude.com TV Episode 44: Brix… Howz! (Putting Wine + Chocolate Pairing To The Taste Test)
For Valentine’s Day, I subject myself to the much-dreaded and (in my view not unfairly) oft-maligned dry-red-wine-with-chocolate food pairing, so that you don’t have to (you can thank me later). Mentioned in this episode: Brix Chocolate (specially formulated to complement wine) – Pretty tasty on its own, especially the medium dark variety 2009 V. Sattui…
Monday Mini Wine Reviews Round-Up For February 13, 2012
Uhm, like what is this stuff? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine sample tasting notes via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be fun, quickly-and-easily-digestible reviews. Below is a wrap-up of the twitter reviews from the past week…