(images: brainboomer.com, jamieq.blogspot.com) I work in two professions – Wine Consulting and Playing Rock Music – that pretty much guarantee that I am in close proximity to alcohol (and its potential abuse) a good portion of the time. I love to drink. Specifically, I love to savor excellent wine (and beer), and admire the nuances,…
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3 Ways to Increase Your Wine Appreciation Without Drinking
(images: allposters.com, paddlinginstructor.com, 4hisglory.wordpress.com, dogchannel.com) Let’s face it. There are just some situations where our favorite pastime – drinking the vino – just isn’t appropriate. Religious retreats, Amish barn-raisings, and Rehab all come to mind. Think that because you can’t imbibe the vino, you’re missing out on opportunities to up your Wine IQ? Wrong, Jack!…
A Spy In the House of Booze: How to Survive an Industry Wine Tasting
(images: tenaciously.smugmug.com) Booth babes. Row upon row of free alcohol to sample, some of it top notch. Hobnobbing with local wine celebs (e.g., Marnie Old). Man, the lengths I will go to give me readers a decent story! I was recently (in Q4 2007) asked by a local restaurant / wine bar to help them…
Happy Birthday 1WineDude.com (Dude’s Greatest Hits)
1WineDude.com quietly turns 1 year old today! I say quietly, because 1) I prefer intimate birthday parties, and 2) while this blog is technically 1 year old, it’s only really been‘all-grows-up’ since October 2007, when Dude started “taking this blogging thing a bit more seriously,” as they say. Not sure exactly who ‘they’ are, but…