For all of my talk about not digging big-ass wines, I sure do seem to end up talking about a lot of “good” big-ass wines. Take this past Christmas, for example. We host some extended family every third Christmas or so, as part of a rotation that has us visiting Florida and Washington on the…
Getting All Juiced For 2012
I’m very happy to tell you that I’ll be providing the weekly wine Quiz in The Juice newsletter, a customizable update on wine events distributed by the venerable LocalWineEvents.com. The first month’s quizzes will focus on trivia about Champagne, in the hopes that it will help lighten the serious hangover that the stuff gave you…
1WineDude TV Episode 43: Useful Wine Gadgets To Buy After You Return The Crap Gifts You Received This Holiday
I’m guessing that your friends/relatives/loved ones didn’t follow my previous advice on what to get you for the holidays, so in this video I offer up two excellent wine gadgets to buy with the money you get from returning whatever crappy, single-purpose, never-gonna-use-‘em wine gizmos you received. You’re welcome ;-). Mentioned in this episode: The…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini Reviews Round-Up For December 31, 2011
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…