09 Maculan Moscato Dindarello (Veneto): Flowers & citrus are nice, but cloying banana-candy flavors do not a good vintage make. $18 C+ # 06 Hesperian Harry’s Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley): Go west young man, & find tannin chains long as the Alaskan pipeline. $60 A- # 09 Toquade Sauvignon Blanc (Napa Valley): NZ passion…
Blood Into Wine Into Badge (Reviewing Arizona Wines)
I know this end-of-week segment has tentatively been reserved for wines of the week, but so far I’ve featured wines not actually reviewed during the week in question, and in this case I’m giving a badge to just one wine and not multiple wines… so let’s just agree that some re-branding might be in order,…
1WineDude TV Episode 20: A Simple Way To Vastly Improve Your Wine Writing (Going Pro)
In this episode of 1WineDude TV, we’ve got our first video in my on-going Going Pro saga, in which I talk about something very simple that every budding wine writer should do to vastly increase their writing skills. A couple of points for you before watching: The reason I’m flushed and sweating (gross!) in this…
Help Some Nice Canadians Study Wine Writing (And Maybe Win $700 of Stuff!)
I was recently contacted by a nice fellow by the name of David Cray. He seems nice, anyway, from our brief email discussions (it’s probably because he’s Canadian – they all seem to be nice, don’t they?). Anyway, David is an Associate Professor at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada,…