06 San Juan Vineyards riesling (Yakima Valley): A promise of citrus & flowers. A let down of lack of balance & hint of nail polish remover. # 06 Navarro Pinot Noir (Anderson Valley): Sweet red berry fruit bomb. A balanced fruit bomb, but a fruit bomb. Approach (& pair) w/ caution. # 08 Nigl Gruner…
And The Big Winner of 2009 Was… YOU!
Who’s a Big Winner today? YOU’RE a Big Winner today. No doubt that the wide world of wine media is awash in well-weathered year-end recaps (not too mention consonation!), with thoughts about the wines and wine-related happenings of a 2009 that has nearly gone by. While I enjoy the year-end recap thoughts as much as…
Not-Quite-Readers’ Choice: Top 10 1WineDude Articles of 2009
It’s almost 2010, and you know what that means. It means we need to get in at least one cheesy end-of-year-summary post! What I decided to do was to completely forgo my personal favorite 1WineDude.com articles of the past year, and instead present the articles form 2009 that garnered the most reaction by YOU, the…
Guy Who Possibly Hates Wine Blogging to Give Talk on Wine Blogging at VINO 2010
Well… this is… interesting. Fellow wine fanatic and blogger Robbin Gheesling passed this tidbit onto me earlier this week: Remember Anthony dias Blue? He’s the guy who just this past summer had this to say about wine bloggers: “…bitter, carping gadflies who, as they stare into their computer screens and contemplate their dreary day jobs,…