What do you, me, and the upcoming first-ever North American Wine Bloggers Conference (Oct. 24-26 2008 – yes, it’s on a weekend, presumably because none of us wine bloggers make any money blogging so we have day jobs during the week) have in common? I dunno, either. Uhm…. We’re all carbon-based life forms consisting mostly…
I Hope Steve Heimoff Kicks My Ass (Thoughts on the Wine Bloggers Tasting Challenge)
You know what? I hope that Steve Heimoff kicks my ass. Not literally, of course (hey, I didn’t study a bit of Wing Chun for nothin’!), but tastingly. (Is tastingly a word? Ah, who cares – adverbs kick ass!). Who is Steve, and why should I want him to kick ass? And how does this…
Get Your Buzz On: the Foodbuzz Publisher Community Launches
For a while now (not sure how long exactly… after a certain amount of wine those sort of details get fuzzy…), I’ve been part of an on-line community called Foodbuzz. I’m what they call a featured publisher, and to be honest I’m not sure exactly what that means, except that I was kindly invited into…
"Wine on Tuesdays" on a Wednesday (Book Review)
I figured that it was about time for another book review on 1WineDude.com, so I’m jumping back into the book review swing of things with my take on Debra & Keith Gordon’s Wine on Tuesdays: Be a Serious Wine Drinker Without Taking Wine Too Seriously. [ Full disclosure: I received a media copy of Wine…