Some exciting news, peeps! I wrote another book! To be totally honest, I have no idea why I decided to write How to WIN at Wine: A Practical Playbook for Getting Maximum Enjoyment from Every Bottle — Without Spending a Fortune. I mean, I do know the reasons behind why the book now exists, of…
Hopes and Dreams for 2026 (Ringing in the New Wine Year at The Sipping Point Podcast)
I am having a difficult time believing this as I type it, but it has been OVER A FREAKIN’ DECADE since I was last a guest on Laurie Forster’s entertaining The Sipping Point podcast. HOLY. CRAP! I had the good fortune recently to have Laurie invite me back on her show, where we once again…
BIG NEWS: Joe Joins Cristaldi & Co. (and Here’s Your DISCOUNT CODE!)
BIG NEWS, folks! As some of you have seen already, we’ve officially announced that I am on the editorial staff at Cristaldi & Co., joining my longtime bruthah-from-anothah-muthah Jonathan Cristaldi as a contributor and wine reviewer on his new genre-disrupting platform. I am very excited to officially pair up with JC, with whom I have…
The Top 10 Most Popular 1WD Posts of 2025
As many of you have noticed (based on my DMs, anyway), I have not posted much here on 1WD in the last quarter of 2025. Here are the top 10 reasons for my recent lack of prolific-ness: 10. I have a toddler. 9. I have been writing books, with one still in development, and another…
Amarone Finds a New Voice (The Amarone della Valpolicella Vintage Atlas)
I know a few things about writing books at this point (and trust me, I’m all authored-out at the moment!), so I appreciate those that are well thought out and well written. The Amarone della Valpolicella Vintage Atlas by Elisabetta Tosi, Giampiero Nadali (136 pages, about $25) fits squarely into those categories. [Editor’s note: Full…