In the (second to be recorded but third to be released) installment of my podcast thang, I interview Grammy-winning and platinum-album-selling artist Maynard James Keenan – who most will identify as the front man for TOOL, Puscifer and A Perfect Circle, but wine geeks will also know as the founder and fledgling winemaker of Arizona’s…
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The 1WineDude.com Top Ten Most Interesting Wines of 2010
Here we go again! It’s time for the 1WineDude.com Top Ten Most Interesting Wines of the Year. As in previous years, the “competition” (such as it is) was fierce, in terms of both the volume of wine I tasted (now over a thousand, I think, based on some very crude estimation on my part) and…
The Myths of the Palate: An Interview with Tim Hanni, MW
Master of Wine and Certified Wine Educator Tim Hanni has been lighting up the on-line wine world this week. More specifically, what’s been lighting up the wine world is the release of a report of highlights from a study of wine consumer taste preferences that Tim has co-authored with Virginia Utermohlen, MD. Titled “Beverage preferences…
Alive And Kicking: Has NY Wine Come Of Age?
Ten years ago, on a trip with friends to New York’s Finger Lakes wine country, I bought a few bottles of bubbly. I was not a pseudo-wine-pro back then; I was an avid consumer (that term still applies!), and the majority of my vacation travel was centered around wine exploration. I had a budding interest,…