*——————1WD LIVE———————-* *——————1WD LIVE———————-* The next superfunkadelic and ultra-exciting twitter LIVE Tasting Event is nigh upon us! On Thursday at 7PM ET, I and my cadre of Philly-area wine geeks (henceforth to be called the 1WDP – or 1WineDude Posse) will be tasting what looks to be some stellar wines from Alsace stalwart Hugel &…
History in the (Wine) Making: The Inaugural Vintage of Rockaway Vineyard
Here’s a question for you budding wine history buffs out there. To make it challenging, it’s in the form of an SSAT ‘association’ test question. You know, the ones you had in grade school, that were so odd that they presumably measured your ability to mimic the exact thinking process of the test question authors:…
Are Wine Bloggers Insecure? (Hint: Not Quite…)
Are wine bloggers insecure? Wait a second… why are you asking? You trying to say I’m not any good?? Who the hell do you think you are, anyway, buck-o!!?!?? Ahem. Sorry about that. Seems that some topics can touch a bit of a nerve when it comes to blogging – especially wine blogging. You see,…
Back to My Roots: 3 Wine Lessons from a Magnum Opus (WBW #48)
This ultra-exciting edition of Tales of the Purple Monkey has Plumboo and I once again taking part in the Wine Blogging Wednesday blog carnival! Because it’s an anniversary edition of WBW, it’s being hosted this month by cool-guy and WBW founder Lenn Thompson at Lenndevours. I say “ultra-exciting” edition because Lenn’s theme has Plumboo and…