Yep. Really. I’m crazy excited to tell you that I will soon be authoring a freelance wine column on Playboy.com. So now you have some legitimacy behind the “I’m just going there for the articles, honey!” excuse (you’re welcome!). The folks behind Playboy.com reached out to me many moons ago, and the whole thing has…
Joan of Arc, Jules Verne And Vouvray (At The Salon des Vins de Loire)
This week, I’m in the historic-but-tourist-friendly French wine region of the Loire, on a press trip attending the the 2012 Salon des Vines de Loire. This annual vinous showcase in Angers features about as many Loire wines as the Loire river is measured in miles (over 600). So, I’m expecting to spit… a lot (and…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini Reviews Round-Up For February 4, 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…
Weekly Wine Quiz: Room To Grow?
Hereby marketh the fourth installment of the Weekly Wine Quiz! Based on feedback from ever-so-vocal-and-intelligent YOU, I will not be supplying the answer directly in the post – you will need to tune back in later in the comments section for the answer. So you can put your answer in the comments for potential bragging…