You may not guess it from the sky-high prices of the top Bordeaux chateaus (some fetching in excess of $1000 USD per bottle – and presumably on allocation to those who can afford their own islands), but the European wine market has been in trouble for a few years. With labels that many international consumers…
How To Become a Wine Geek Part II: "Taste Like a Banshee"
This post is the second in a multi-part series where Dude will give you a ‘wine insider’s’ take on how to seriously up your ‘wine geek’ knowledge (and hone your overall wine-tasting skills along with your “impress your party goers” wine profile). Some of you may recall my recent post on the first step to…
Calling All Wine Bloggers!
Calling All Wine Bloggers! As some of you may know, I’m currently in the midst of a multi-part blog post detailing my experiences and recommendations of how wine consumers can ‘up their Wine IQ’. The first of these posts focused on Reading About Wine, and listed books and references that I have found the most…
WBW #40 – PS I (Sort Of) Love You
I don’t normally review wines on this blog (at least, not so far), but I recently became intrigued by the excellent Wine Blogging Wednesday Community, who post themed monthly reviews of wines. This month’s theme is being hosted at the Wannabe Wino Blog, and features an ‘underdog’ of a wine – Petite Sirah, also known…