Welcome to the latest edition of Tales of the Purple Monkey! This month’s Wine Blogging Wednesday blog carnival has Plumboo and I contemplating the theme: “Wines Brought to You by the letter S.” Like a fine wine grape, that one is just ripe for interpretation! Finding a wine that starts with the letter S was…
Run Away with Me… to Spain!
Well, if not physically, then run away with me virtually, through the magic of the “Global Interweb.” Or whatever you crazy young cats are calling it these days! Regular readers of this blog might recall that I’ve previously lamented the general lack of quality, easy-to-find Spanish & Portuguese wines in my area of the U.S….
Happy July 4th – Vive la France! Or Portugal…
July 4th. The day that we in the U.S. celebrate American independence. It’s fitting that we laud the bravery, gumption, and raw intelligence of our founding fathers, as well as the courage of those who fought to make our country free to chart its own destiny. I suggest doing that with burgers and grill-friendly wines….
A Savvy Way to Keep a Wine Journal?
Now this is interesting. As reported by several sources today (most of them just copy/paste jobs from a press release; check out one example here), CorkSavvy.com (yet another on-line service that allows you to track and review your wines) has launched an interesting feature today. This feature allows you to snap a camera-phone picture of…