One of the criticisms most often levied against wine blogs is that they don’t “move the needle” in terms of wine sales. Let’s forget for a moment that where I come from, coverage that costs me next to nothing for a product that results in even a handful of additional sales (and additional exposure) –…
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Anyone Else Notice That Bay Area Wine & Food Trendsetting Is Up For Grabs?
I was recently (ok, more like a month ago) Quick-Sipped (Supped?) by Jessica Yadegaran, in a profile/interview that ran online and in bay Area papers such as The San Jose Mercury News. It (very) briefly tells my wine backstory, and gave me an opportunity to implore people to drink more Vermentino (with fish tacos). So…
What We Drank With My Wine Searcher Signature Dish (Monteverro And Kracher Recent Releases)
A few weeks ago, Wine Searcher asked to interview me for their “Signature Dish” series, in which wine personality type folks share a favorite meal along with potential wine pairings. Around here, we have the dual blessings of often eating and drinking very, very well, to the point where it’s getting difficult to eat out…
The Most Viewed 1WineDude Articles Of 2013
Heading into tomorrow’s inevitable ugly, I-want-to-rip-out-my-own-skull painful hangover, we’re going to take a quick look back on 1WD for 2013, get pensive and reflective for a few moments, and then get back to drinking. And so this year, we change up that retrospective look yet again (in 2012, I went with the Ten Most Shared…