I have seen the future of wine criticism, wine dialog, and wine expertise. Wanna see it? Great – go look in the mirror. Because the future wine experts look an awful lot like you. You look great, by the way – did you cut your bangs? A little over a week ago, Slate.com ran a…
The Powerful Mosel Riesling Kung-Fu of SA Prüm
If I have a love affair with any one fine wine grape, it’s got to be Riesling. I’m not a fan of saying that a particular grape is superior to another when it comes to producing fine wine, but we all have our preferences and at the end of the day if you forced me…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2009-10-03
06 Harney Lane Lizzy James Viney'd Old Vine Zinfandel (Lodi): There's you, there's the dried cherry, but what's with the 3% Petite Sirah? # 06 Bonny Doon CA' Del Solo Sangiovese (San Benito County): It might be cherry Rock, but it's Funk-infused cherry Rock (& a bargain to boot). # 08 Torbreck Cuvee Juveniles (Barossa…
The Queen is NOT Dead (German Hotties Vie for Wine Queen Title)
You’re going to be hearing quite a bit about German wine here on the virtual pages of 1WineDude this month. This is due primarily to the fact that German wines totally rock right now, but is influenced primarily by the Twitter Taste Live events that are focusing on German Riesling during the month of October….