For many months since COVID-19 SiP rules and guidelines have prevented us wine industry folk from gathering live and in-person, we’ve been mixing it up by tasting samples simultaneously and meeting virtually via Zoom. In the case of the event that stars as the topic of today’s entry, however, we were literally mixing it up…
Wine Future 2021 Giveaway!
Some exciting news, peeps: I’m partnering with the folks at Wine Future 2021, an industry conference that is going fully virtual and online for the new year! You can check out the program for more details, but the TLDR version is that those of you who are in the wine biz (and those of you…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For January 4, 2021
NV Mionetto Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Cartizze (Veneto): Crisp green apples, freshly baked bread, barrels full of fun. $35 A- NV Pizzolato Paloma Brut Rose Spumante (Italy): Blindingly-gaudy bling packaging aside, this has serious freshness & is a lot more refined on the inside. $17 B+ 2016 Cecchi ‘Valore di Famiglia’ (Chianti Classico Gran Selezione): Earthy,…
Top 10 1WineDude Articles of 2020 (Year of the Book Edition)
And so here we are… finally… with 2020, the year of SiP, virtual tastings, and no being able to actually visit one another about to head into the rear-view mirror, well, view. It seems an appropriate time to take a brief look back on the last twelve months in this particular corner of the Global…