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Month: July 2009

California, Cat Piss, Saints & Twitter (or “Joe vs. Napa Sauvignon Blanc”)

Posted on July 13, 2009July 14, 2009 by 1WineDude

By all accounts, the is past Saturday’s Twitter Taste Live! event, featuring selections from Napa Valley stalwart St. Supery, was a big success.  Some estimates on the event put the number of twitter event posts at greater than 700 (I’ve not seen any definitive statistics yet), which would likely make it the biggest TTL event…

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Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2009-07-11

Posted on July 11, 2009November 15, 2009 by 1WineDude

07 The Crusher Wilson Vineyard Viognier (Clarksburg): Notes of honey & flowers help to offset the flab & make it a decent value for the $. # 06 Whitehaven Pinot Noir (Marlborough, NZ): Easy-drinking w/ intense red berry, smooth tannin & minerals. Exactly what a kiwi red should be. # 06 Michael David Gluttony Old…

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St. Supery And Twitter Taste Live: Rockin’ Like Dokken!

Posted on July 9, 2009July 19, 2009 by 1WineDude

Time for another Twitter Taste Live! event. I know what you’re thinking. Will this herald yet another untimely celebrity death and bring twitter to an equally untimely end? I sure hope not.  At the very least, I hope I have a chance to be buzzed before twitter takes a dump all over the Internet. So…

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“Gluttzilla” Lodi Zinfandel Attacks City!!

Posted on July 8, 2009September 18, 2012 by 1WineDude

LODI ZINFANDEL ATTACKS TOKYO! Crowds flee for their lives as “Gluttzilla” menace destroys theme park. Tokyo defenses “only stir its already considerable anger.” July 8th, 2009 – Tokyo Inebriated Press A powerfully alcoholic wine emerged from the basement depths of downtown Tokyo wine and liquor shop Tanakaya today, breathing fire and staging a level of…

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