Before Plumboo (the purple monkey) I get started on our contribution to Wine Blogging Wednesday #53, this month hosted over at Twisted Oak’s El Bloggo Torcido, I should note that we don’t necessarily condone the consumption of alcoholic beverages before 10 AM. But the theme this month is “Wine For Breakfast” (they don’t called it…
A Year of Dr. Vino (A Book Review… Sort Of…)
Despite having the word “Year” in its title, this article is not another cheesy 2008 recap post. Especially considering that I don’t need another one of those, since I’ve posted about 240 of them in the last several days. Or something like that, anyway. I will not be recapping 2008 here, but I will be…
Top 5 1WineDude Chateau Petrogasm Reviews of 2008
While I’m in the Cheesy End-of-Year recap mood (this is the last one on 2008, I swear), and enjoying the remainder of my holiday break with my family, I thought I’d offer up my Top 5 Chateau Petrogasm reviews of 2008. If you’re not familiar with the Chateau, you can read my take on their…
Sean Minor Wines: A Wine "Speed Dating" Redux
Hey, remember the recent Wine Bloggers Conference? Not that I haven’t mentioned it a gazillion times or anything. Anyway… one of the more interesting experiments conducted on both bloggers and winery representatives was on day one of said conference, when we played a very large game of wine review “speed dating.” In summary: bloggers were…