This week, I’m in the historic-but-tourist-friendly French wine region of the Loire, on a press trip attending the the 2012 Salon des Vines de Loire. This annual vinous showcase in Angers features about as many Loire wines as the Loire river is measured in miles (over 600). So, I’m expecting to spit… a lot (and…
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New York Wine Expo 2012 Is Nigh (And YOU Can Get $15 Off Through March 1st!)
By some minor miracle, I may actually be able to attend the New York Wine Expo in March. For the last few years, I’ve had to miss this vinous shin-dig held at the ginormous Jacob K. Javits Convention Center because I’ve been roughly 2,898 miles away from it when it’s been held. But this year,…
Winners Of The ZAP 2012 Giveaway Announced (Along With The Zins Now On My Review List)!
Wow! You people sure do like your ZAP. Or you sure do like your Zinfandel. Or both, probably. Between the comments, retweets, Facebook Likes, e-mails, and other versions of time-sucking on-line virtual social water-cooler spots, my giveaway of tickets to some of the ZAP 2012 events generated a few hundred reactions (with over 100 coming…
VA Is For… Wine Bloggers (WBC11 Bound)
This week marks the kick-off of the 4th annual North American Wine Bloggers Conference, held (for the first time in its history) on the Right Coast (Charlottesville, VA, to be exact). And I’m excited to be attending for the fourth time. I’m excited to see old friends. I’m excited by the fact that this year’s…