Summer, we hardly knew ye… August is drawing to a close, as is what felt like the briefest (and mildest, for us Communistwealth of PA dwellers) Summer on record. As we’ve been doing every month for quite some time here, we now take a gander back at this month’s Answers.com wine articles, which I humbly…
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Well, That Was Easy. Not. (“The Once And Future Of Crete” In August 2014 SOMM Journal)
My feature on the wines of the Greek isle of Crete is now available in the August 2014 issue of SOMM Journal. That twenty-two word sentence belies what has to be one of the longest paths to seeing something published that I’ve ever had to walk. Not that the folks at SOMM Journal / Tasting…
Reviews (And Wine Labels) ‘R’ Us (Answers.com Wine Article Roundup, July 2014)
We wind down yet another summer month (a scorcher for me, since we spent a good portion of it without a working central AC system at 1WD HQ), and so we have another round of Wine.Answers.com article highlights for your reading pleasure. I was in full-on review mode this month, in an attempt to make…
“Tough To Spit” (Dispatch From 2014 San Francisco International Wine Competition)
Every once in a while, you get a gig that is so good, you just have to pinch yourself to test if it’s all real and you’re actually getting paid to have so much fun. Such was the case at the 2014 San Francisco International Wine Competition, which wrapped up a couple of weeks ago…