Two weeks ago in my Playboy.com Wined Down column, I interviewed two friends for whom I have mad respect – wine writers and educators Mark Oldman and Leslie Sbrocco – to put together a list of what we considered the top five “wine lies.” The idea was to bust up five of the most prevalent…
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How To Put Up With Wine Lists (Wined Down)
Last week I was interviewed by the IntoWine.com folks (these are the same folks who engendered a great deal of controversy in the wine world when they released their first annual list of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in the U.S. Wine Industry“). IntoWine.com was (overly) kind in their introduction of me at the…
Girls Of Summer, And Wines Of The Western Slopes
Hey, remember that trip I took to Colorado, as part of the 2012 Drink Local Wine Conference? That was in May, a mere couple of months though it feels more like fifteen years and several hundred grey hairs later for me, given how much time I’ve been spending prematurely aging myself through the rigors of…
Wined Down: Manning Up To The Best Spirit For Wine Lovers
I often get asked if/when/how 1WineDude.com will start incorporating spirits and/or beer. For those of you who’ve asked me about that, or have thought about asking me about that, I give you the first two paragraphs of my latest Playboy.com Wined Down entry: “Question: What would Chuck Norris pour himself a glass of when he…