Here we go again. I don’t know why wine writing icons feel compelled lately to disparage wine bloggers as a whole, but it seems that the venerable Anthony dias Blue is joining Robert Parker in painting all wine bloggers with an overly broad and negative brush. As in the case of Parker’s blogger diatribe, by…
Announcing 1WineDude TV!
Friends, Romans, Wine-Country-Peeps: 1WineDude TV has officially launched! What are the plans for 1WineDude TV? First off, covering next week’s second annual American Wine Bloggers Conference from Sonoma with what will hopefully be a witty collection of wine edu-tainment vids. Personally, I can’t watch long vids over the Internet so I’m going to ensure that…
California, Cat Piss, Saints & Twitter (or “Joe vs. Napa Sauvignon Blanc”)
By all accounts, the is past Saturday’s Twitter Taste Live! event, featuring selections from Napa Valley stalwart St. Supery, was a big success. Some estimates on the event put the number of twitter event posts at greater than 700 (I’ve not seen any definitive statistics yet), which would likely make it the biggest TTL event…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2009-07-11
07 The Crusher Wilson Vineyard Viognier (Clarksburg): Notes of honey & flowers help to offset the flab & make it a decent value for the $. # 06 Whitehaven Pinot Noir (Marlborough, NZ): Easy-drinking w/ intense red berry, smooth tannin & minerals. Exactly what a kiwi red should be. # 06 Michael David Gluttony Old…