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Month: April 2009

TasteCamp Kicks Off in Long Island Tomorrow!

Posted on April 30, 2009September 8, 2015 by 1WineDude

TasteCamp EAST is nigh upon us! The entire Dude clan (minus the dog) will be en route to Long Island wine country tomorrow to take part in TasteCamp, a regionally-focused spin-off of the North American Wine Bloggers Conference. I’m trying very hard to figure out something better to do for celebrating my anniversary than visiting…

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I’m Such a Fool For You (Reflections on Howell Mountain Cabernet)

Posted on April 29, 2009April 29, 2009 by 1WineDude

Search for “Cornerstone Cellars Cabernet 2004” via Google, and you will quickly notice a few things: Apparently, if you post any information about Cornerstone on the web, you’re contractually obligated to use a few of the same well-produced photos of Cornerstone wine.  Sort of like how any mention of Australia in textbooks is accompanied by…

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Attack of the Wine Events (or “Back To Controversy!”)

Posted on April 27, 2009November 25, 2015 by 1WineDude

With the enormous and successful Twitter Taste Live! / Hospice du Rhone / Wine Riot! combined event behind us, attention can now start to be focused on yet another series of big wine-related events that are entering the Collective Dude-O-Sphere (as I’ve dubbed that pocket of the Universe that contains my ever-decreasing amounts of free…

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Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2009-04-25

Posted on April 25, 2009November 15, 2009 by 1WineDude

M’Hudi Pinotage (South Africa): This is like the entire pig, skin and all, hanging out in a mulberry bush, ready to jump you. # 06 Four Vines “The Peasant” (Paso Robles): Hefty S. Rhone style blend from CA. Very blackberry, very dark, very heavy, & very tasty. # 07 Bonny Doon Le Vol Des Anges…

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