TasteCamp East, the first-ever gathering of Right Coast wine bloggers, is now freshly behind us. I came. I saw. I nuked my palate tasting hundreds of wines in a two-day whirlwind tour of Long Island wine country. You will read more ( a lot more) from me regarding my take on the current state of…
Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2009-05-02
07 Robert Mondavi Fume Blanc (Napa Valley): Granddaddy of modern CA wine going strong. More lemongrass & vanilla than a Vietnamese dinner. # 07 Crane Lake Cabernet Sauvignon (CA): Cab?? Yeah, & I’m the Pope. Amazingly unbalanced for its low abv. To be served to your worst enemies. # 05 Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa…
3 Easy Ways to Get to 100 (Wine Varieties, That Is)
“Did we really tell lies Letting in the sunshine Did we really count to one hundred?” – Jon Anderson, Long Distance Runaround If you’ve been on the “global interwebs” for any appreciable amount of time, and you like wine, you’ll already be familiar with the Wine Century Club. If not, here’s a short primer: the…
TasteCamp Kicks Off in Long Island Tomorrow!
TasteCamp EAST is nigh upon us! The entire Dude clan (minus the dog) will be en route to Long Island wine country tomorrow to take part in TasteCamp, a regionally-focused spin-off of the North American Wine Bloggers Conference. I’m trying very hard to figure out something better to do for celebrating my anniversary than visiting…