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…
Stop Picking on Robert Parker (the Subjectivity of Wine Tasting)
You can all stop picking on Robert Parker now. The oft-followed and just as oft-maligned wine critic extraordinaire is doing you a favor. A favor if you, like him, have a wine palate that tends towards the bombastic, that is. A great post on the science of wine tasting over at Catavino.net (and how that…
Wine Events: Wine on the Deck @ Teikoku Restaurant!
Another (sort of) rare event plug here on 1WineDude.com – I don’t do these plugs too often, so when I do, it’s because I think that the event is really going to be cool. And in this case, I think the cool potential is very high: I personally know the two people selecting and pouring…