After finishing up at the first North American Wine Bloggers Conference last week in Santa Rosa, I took the Dude-le and hit the road for a few well-deserved appointments in Napa and Sonoma wine country. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the WBC, and had me a great time. Friendships were made. Wine was shared….
Category: California wine
Some thoughts on Californian Wine (from Across the Pond – Guest Post)
Following is a guest post from Andrew Barrow, the brains behind the venerable (and excellent) wine & food site Spittoon.biz in the U.K. While we North American wine bloggers were toiling (aka drinking) away and working hard this week at the first NA Wine Bloggers Conference in Sonoma, I asked Andrew to provide a different…
A Turn on High Voltage Wine: Volta Wine’s Inaugural Offering
You know what kicks ass? The movie IRON MAN. That film devastates when I watch it on the 50″ Sony HDTV in my basement. You know what else stomps all kinds of gluteus maximus? 1WineDude.com readers! Especially when those readers make wine. Like Steve Lau of Volta Wine, which is releasing its inaugural Cabernet Sauvignon…
An Open Letter to (Busty) California Winemakers
To Whom It May Concern: I’ve just polished off another 1/2 of a bottle of your tasty, 14.5% abv wines… in fact, I’m pretty sure that even though it said 14.5% on the elegant bottle, it was probably closer to 15.2%. Anyway, I hope you’ll forgive me if I stray off topic or get a…