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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For May 1, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
In The Pink (April 2017 Wine Product Roundup) | Mark As Read |
Closing out the fourth month of 2017's spin around the sun here on 1WD means that it's time for the monthly look at the wine product samples that we can't drink (at least, not without the use of a blender, and not without probably being rushed to the hospital afterward). For April, I've got only […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide and s...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For April 24, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
The King Of Pop… Wines (Talking Barbera d’Asti for MyNameIsBarbera.com) | Mark As Read |
In my latest article for MyNameIsBarbera.com, I make a case for legitimately comparing Barbera d'Asti to… Michael Jackson. Yeah, that Michael Jackson. The King of Pop Michael Jackson. My penchant for stretching cross-discipline compares to incredibly thin levels aside (I wonder if the Barbera d'Asti folks knew what they were getting into when...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For April 17, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
Land Of The Almost Lost (Terre del Principe Recent Releases) | Mark As Read |
Nestled in the sandy clay soils between the Taburno and Matese mountain ranges in Italy's Campania region, at about 200 meters above sea level, sit a relatively small number thirty year old lost souls. Well, almost lost souls, anyway. Specifically, the "esoteric" grape varieties Pallagrello Bianco, Pallagrello Nero and Casavecchia, rescued in part ...
Talking Red Wine And Health For MyFitnessRx.net | Mark As Read |
Last week, MyFitnessRx.net aired a segment featuring yours truly, waxing all dime-store-philosophical like about the healthy heart benefits of red wine consumption (in moderation, you lushes!). Green screens and open bottles of wine FTW! My brief segment with show host Tanya Stroh is below; you can check out the full episode as well. If you […...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For April 10, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
Seeing Royal Red (Santa Rita Chile Recent Releases) | Mark As Read |
To me, Chile's Santa Rita (which I visited in Alto Jahuel as part of a media jaunt last year) can best be summed up in one long, run-on sentence. Established in the late 1800s on a former farm that at one point sheltered 120 soldiers and has its own chapel; olive, almond, and fruit tress […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide and start get...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For April 3, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
Essential Non-Rocket Science (Wine Product Roundup For March 2017) | Mark As Read |
In wrapping up March, it's time for me to round up some of the wine product samples that are sent to me (the kind that usually aren't physically digestible) for the month. And today, I'd like to highlight two very recent wine book releases that won me over to the point of garnering fairly high […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide and sta...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For March 27, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
Puzzle Pieces (Exploring The Quality Pyramid At MyNameIsBarbera.com) | Mark As Read |
One of the more endearingly maddening things about European wine classifications is that they try to lump location, in aspects that are increasingly specific, and "quality," in ways that are often nebulous. Over at MyNameIsBarbera.com, I take this dichotomy head-on, in my dime-store-philosphical way (not yet trademarked, but it might as well be at ...
Friends Of The Devil (Concha y Toro Premium Recent Releases) | Mark As Read |
Ostensibly, vinous Chilean powerhouse Concha y Toro is a budget-minded wine lover's dream. With five major facilities across the county, and twenty million cases produced annually, they have pretty much nailed the tasty-and-clean-and-varietally-correct-juice-for-very-low-prices thing. But this is me, so of course we're not going to talk about that,...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For March 20, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
The Terror Of Writing About Terroir (February Monferrato Moves) | Mark As Read |
As a wine-scribe-type-guy, I absolutely despise writing about terroir. If there is another term (aside from "optimal ripeness") that is more flippantly overused in the wine business than terroir, I am unaware of it. In fact, its overuse – and the fear that it engenders – is so ingrained in me that I am incapable […] Grab The 1Win...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For March 13, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
“Confusion Will Be My Epitaph” Vino 2017 NYC Highlights | Mark As Read |
Today's theme is… confusion. Where to start… Ok, firstly, earlier this year I attended VINO2017 in NYC, the annual exposition of Italian wine, during which dozens of producers pour there wares. And so naturally, I am only going to talk about three of those dozens of producers. Secondly, my highlights reel includes a sparkling… Gav...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For March 5, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
Cold And Quiet (How To Open Sparkling Wine At PartSelect.com) | Mark As Read |
I've done a lot of fun work with the folks at Fix.com, and they have a couple of sister websites to which they asked me to contribute. My latest for them is available over at their PartSelect.com blog: a primer on how to properly chill and open sparkling wine. Some of you might be rolling […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide and start ge...
We Like Mike (Miguel Torres Chile Recent Releases) | Mark As Read |
Those visiting Miguel Torres Chile‘s charming little restaurant spot, but without bringing a requisite sense of winemaking history along with their appetites, are likely to come away thinking that thisAs pioneering Spanish wine brand's foray into Chile consists of some tasty juice and really good food, the end. In the infamous words of the U...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For February 26, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
My Names is *Still* Barbera (Monferrato Moves 2: Terroir Monferrato) | Mark As Read |
For those of you not (yet!) following along with my Northern Italian gig at My Name is Barbera, the second installment in the video series there is now available. In this episode, I talk about the dreaded "T" word –As terroir – with respect to the unique landscape of the region, to the backdrop of […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tast...
My Valentine… To Icewine (An Ice Wine Primer For Fix.com) | Mark As Read |
On Valentine's Day last week, Fix.com published, appropriately, what amounts to my little Valentine to what might be the red-headed-step-child of dessert wines right now, Ice Wine. Hell, even the once-totally-ignored sweet Sherries are cooler now than Ice Wine (see what I did there?). Personally, I have a sweet tooth, which probably explains my bor...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For February 20, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
Long-form Johnson, With Accessories (February 2017 Wine Product Roundup) | Mark As Read |
Here's another entry in the monthly series in which I review the samples that I cannot drink without being admitted to the hospital. First up, we have a long-form Johnson. Hugh Johnson, that is, who I would posit is the world's greatest living wine writer. Mitchell Beazley has put together the 256-page collection Hugh Johnson […] Grab The 1W...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For February 12, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
Little Place, Big Dreams (Vina von Sieventhal Recent Releases) | Mark As Read |
Chile's wine business is dominated by producers that could charitably be described as "corporate." Its movements are almost exclusively are a small number of very, very large production houses. In that environment, 30 hectares of vineyards – which comprises the entire holdings of Viña von Siebenthal – is basically a rounding error. I w...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For February 4, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
Hello, My Name Is… Barbera | Mark As Read |
Last year, I spent a good amount of time (lucky for me) jaunting around the northern Italian countryside, taking in the sights, sounds, and (most importantly!) the flavors of Asti and Monferrato. I'm happy to report that the work that we (that's me and the Consorzio Barbera d'Asti e Vini del Monferrato) did in those […] Grab The 1WineDude.co...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For January 30, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
Thoughts On The 2017 SVB Wine Report | Mark As Read |
Each year, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) releases their predictions for the U.S. wine biz for the coming year, and every year I have my (typically snarky) commentary on the report (which, I should add, I usually find to be insightful – the report, I mean, not necessarily my snarky commentary). The SVB report is Northern-California-heavy, […...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For January 23, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
Bubblicious! January 2017 Wine Product Roundup | Mark As Read |
This month's edition of the Wine Product Roundup (in which I put to the test samples of wine wares that can't actually be imbibed safely) just so happens to be themed, for your pleasure. And pleasurable it is, because that theme is Champagne (and, well, bubbles in general). First up, there's the other Champagne guide […] Grab The 1WineDude.c...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For January 16, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
What We Drank To Ring In 2017 | Mark As Read |
When you're the "wine guy," the one that everyone kind of expects to hit it out of the park when you bring wine to a party, what's the vinous game plan when you're invited to holiday dinner parties to ring in the new year? In a word, ringers. You grab items from the sample pool […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide and start getting more ...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For January 9, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
Love Lost And… Well… Lost (2017 Thoughts On The PLCB) | Mark As Read |
It's with some hesitation that I mention to you that I was recently quoted in a Metro.us article about my thoughts on the rebranding efforts of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, most of which were probably too obscenity-laden to print. I'm not hesitant about the article itself, mind you, but I am hesitant about giving […] Grab The 1Wine...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For January 2, 2017 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
The Most Popular 1WineDude Articles of 2016 | Mark As Read |
As 2016 draws to a close (and by the looks of it, most of us won't be sad to see its hiney shuffling out of the doorway), it's time for the annual tradition of looking back on the 1WD articles that got the most play during the year. Yeah, I know it's kind of a […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide and start getting more out of every glass...
STFU, You Probably Aren’t Allergic To Sulfites (Taking On Red Wine Headaches For Fix.com) | Mark As Read |
Ah, the holidays; time for family, friends, and overindulgence! The latter, almost certainly, is the cause of your red wine headache, by the way. In any case, that evil cranial pain some of you experience after drinking red wine almost certainly is not the result of a sulfites allergy. Seriously… statistically, the most likely reason […...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For December 26, 2016 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
The Most Interesting Wines Of 2016 | Mark As Read |
Holy shnikies! We have arrived at the ninth (!) annual recap of the most interesting wines of the year. I feel old. Really, really, f*cking old. Anyway, while I am coming to grips with the fact that there have been nine (!) incarnations of this list, you can check out the previous entries for 2015, […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide an...
We Two Kings (December 2016 Wine Products Roundup) | Mark As Read |
It's that time of the month here on 1WD. The time when we take a critical look at some of the samples I receive that cannot actually be safely imbibed. And now that we're closing up 2016, this also happens to be the last monthly wine products round-up of the year. This month, both products […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide and start g...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For December 19, 2016 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
Your New Gamay Beau (Tasting Georges Duboeuf 2015 Cru Beaujolais) | Mark As Read |
The term "vintage of the century" has been tossed around like confetti by the French lately (though we can forgive them, I suppose, given the hella-bad weather some of their regions have been suffering in the last couple of vintages). It's become more of an eye-roll-inducing a phrase than "private email server." And so it's […] Grab The 1Win...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For December 12, 2016 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
Set The Wayback Machine For… Next Month? (Highlighting Tuscany’s Terre di Pisa At Palate Press) | Mark As Read |
I recently visited an area of Tuscany that is, ironically, probably better known for old school Vespa production than for wine, despite being in a prime tourist location between some of the region's most popular northern cities: Terre di Pisa. It's an area with a tight-knit, talented group of producers, and some of the more […] Grab The 1Win...
What A Trump Presidency Means For The Wine Business | Mark As Read |
I travel the world. A lot. For example, I was in Chile when Donald Trump was elected as the 45th President of the United States of America (and yes, I voted by mail before I'd left for the trip). Since Trump's election, I've traveled to other countries, all for wine-biz-related stuff, and the same question […] Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting ...
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For December 5, 2016 | Mark As Read |
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available […] Grab The 1W...
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