THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the 67th Wine Blogging Wednesday! It was a blast hosting the event, and I was mightily impressed with the high quality of the articles that were written around the theme of choosing what wine you’d use to introduce white wine drinkers to the pleasures of wed wine imbibing. …
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2010-04-03
07Atwater Dry Riesling (Finger Lakes): Highway robbery at the price; the kind where U make out like a spice- and limes-loving bandit. $18 B+ # 07 Pina Buckeye Viny'd Howell Mtn Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley): As spicey & herbal as it gets from the Mtn. Superb but not cheap! $85 A # 08 Sutter Home…
2010 Wine Blog Awards Nominations Now Open
Wine blogs are labors of love, and most of us don’t make retirement-funding levels of income with these things. So, every once in a while, it’s nice to get some validation that what you’re doing is valued (although you frequent commenters do a great job of that in the case of 1WineDude.com!). Awards from your…
How to Bitchslap Your Wine-Monopolizing Legislators
[Editor’s Note: this is a little ditty for those of you who, like the editor, live in one of the many U.S. states that prohibit the direct sale and/or shipping of wine. Enjoy!] Bitchslapping your state legislator is not a simple matter. In fact, it’s fraught with potential pitfalls. What if your legislator is bigger…