Special Report from the Inebriated Press Pennsylvania Governor-elect Tom Corbett today issued a public plea to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to “immediately and indefinitely suspend” its plans to expand grocery store installations statewide of its new wine kiosk dispensers. Corbett wants all activity on the PLCB kiosk machines shut down “until allegations of the…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini Reviews Round-Up for 2010-11-05
08 Dry Creek Vineyard Foggy Oaks Chardonnay (Russian River Valley): Heck of a 1st release. Screamin acidity keeps the vanilla in check $20 B -> 07 Rodney Strong Symmetry (Alexander Valley): Like some kind of extraterrestrial fig pie mothership sent to Earth to be your overlord $55 B+ -> 08 Hanzell Vineyards Sebella Chardonnay (Sonoma…
Wines of the Week: Paul Dolan T.A.S.T.E-ing Edition
Ok, technically they were wines from last week. So sue me. [Editor’s note: please do NOT actually sue me.] Last week, I had another run-in with those tiny T.A.S.T.E. 50ml bottles, taking part in an on-line UStream live tasting with winemaker Paul Dolan, going through the majority of his portfolio. Paul has the advantage of…
Yes, I Went All Cartoon On You (New Digs at 1WD)
What can I say, the ladies dig cartoon versions of bloggers, okay? In all seriousness, I wanted a cleaner, more open, more inviting, bit more up-to-date and, dare-I-say professional design for 1WineDude.com, and the result is what you see before you. Unless you’re reading via your RSS reader in which case I have a special…