January 2010
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Weekly Twitter Wine Mini-Reviews Round-up for 2010-01-30
08 Rodney Strong Chardonnay (Sonoma): For the $ you can buy some oak bomb, or go w/ this lively & balanced crowd-pleaser. Your choice. B- # 08 Rodney Strong Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley): This is like magic, it makes the finish totally disappear! Spice…
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YOU Can Keep Them Honest at VINO 2010’s Wine Blogging Discussion
It looks like my fears of VINO 2010’s “Blogging on Wine and Social Networking: New Tools in reaching Consumers of Italian Wine ” panel discussion possibly deteriorating into a blogger-bashing session can probably be put to rest. In an attempt to expand the reach of…
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Wineries and Social Media: A Totally Unscientific Case Study (Franciscan)
A funny thing happened on my way to the 2010 Pro Wine Writers Symposium. I did some research, and found what I was looking for, just not where I expected to find it. Since my Symposium fellowship was underwritten by Franciscan, I’m planning on a…
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Little Sister Is Serious (Wallis Family Estate’s New Parker-Friendly Cab Release)
This may be the first time that anyone has compared a high-end inaugural Napa Cabernet with a creepy video game. Probably because no one has been quite foolhardy cavalier enough to try it before, right? The wine in question is a sample of Wallis Family…
