I would like to give a huge shout out of thanks to my readers for voting for me in the 2008 American Wine Blog Awards! I have a great deal of respect for what Tom Wark is doing over at his Fermentation blog, especially his continued fight against monopolized wine shipping – there’s a passion…
Why Fruit Bombs Are OK (I am Here to Whet Some Palates!)
(images: jacop.net, pocketpcmag.net) Warning: If you consider yourself a wine snob, or are easily offended (or both), then I am about to lose you as a friend with this post. Because I am here to tell you that “Fruit Bombs” (those wines made in a style that deliberately dials up the varietal fruit and shoves…
Weekly Wine Web Wrap-up – V-Day Hangover Edition
Welcome to the post-Valentine’s Day Hangover edition of the Weekly Wine Web Wrap-up (where Dude highlights some of his favorite wine news items over the past week)! Is it Getting Hot in Here, or is it Just Me?You’d have been hard-pressed (ha-ha) to miss stories this week about the impact of global warming on the…
The Official 1WineDude Wine “Mini-Reviews” Page (published via twitter)
In January of 2008, I began to get into the Wine 2.0 conversation and started to post wine reviews on twitter. For those of you not familiar with twitter, it’s essentially a ‘micro-blogging’ platform that allows you to post short updates about what’s happening in your life. And when I say short, I mean it…