Month: July 2009
Come Original: Advice on the Eve of Wine Bloggers Conference `09
One year ago, nearly to the day, I posted my thoughts on why you should be a wine blogger. A year later, on the eve of the 2nd annual American Wine Bloggers Conference, I find myself posting about almost the exact same topic. While writing last year’s post, I found myself asking what I imagined…
Murphy-Goode’s “Dream Job” Winner – and What It Means for Wine
And just like that… it was all over. What was arguably the largest publicity-minded event in the history of U.S. winemaking is over, as the reality-TV-inspired A Really Goode Job contest thrown by Murphy-Goode winery has finally come to an end. I’m extremely pleased to report that 1WineDude.com friend Hardy Wallace of DirtySouthWine.com has been…
Frederick Wildman & Sons TTL Replay
This past Saturday saw yet another successful Twitter Taste Live! event, with the theme being Summer wine selections (read: value-priced, easy-quaffing vino) from Frederick Wildman & Sons, the venerable importing business that celebrates its 75th birthday this year. I suppose it’s hard not to like a company with as diverse a portfolio as FW&S, but…
