In a stunningly brilliant example of shameless promotion on multiple levels, Murphy-Goode winery is hosting a competition to hire a Web 2.0 –savvy wine-lover to become their on-line marketing mouthpiece for 6 months, making around $60 Gs. The job will entail promoting Sonoma County wine country, while also working with Murphy-Goode winemaker David Ready, Jr….
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Reminder: Wine Knowledge Makes You a Sexy Beast!
Happy Valentine’s Day, all you hot-blooded lovers out there! I was talking about wine lovers, of course… what were you thinking?? Given all of the Dude’s travel and wine blogging migration work recently, I will be spending a nice quiet night at home with my ladies. And of course a special bottle of wine (probably…
Wine and Health (or "Here We Go Again")
Here we go again. The topic of wine & health is no stranger to the (virtual) pages of 1WineDude.com. Basically, I like to keep on the topic, mostly because it provides such great fodder for ridicule. Ok, that’s harsh. Let’s not call it ridicule. Let’s call it poking fun. That sounds better, doesn’t it? Ok,…
International Conflict and Wine: Georgia’s Treasures Under Fire
Just to bring a bit of palpable focus to the ongoing conflict in Georgia, I thought I’d highlight a few of the wine-related impacts of the fighting that is making worldwide news headlines: Georgia’s Caucasus region is widely believed to be the birthplace of wine, based on archeological findings of the oldest known cultivated vines….