I often feel that 1WD is in danger of being perceived as an Italian-specific wine site, given the proliferation of Italian wine coverage on here over the last 24 or so months. While that’s certainly not the case, one thing has become very clear to me after two-plus years of a global pandemic: Italian wine…
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“And Proud We Are Of All Of Them” (The Most Popular 1WD Posts Of 2022)
Yep… another cheesy “best of the year” round-up style post… Look, I’ve got a toddler at home, I don’t have the time or the energy to be creative for you adults who can entertain yourselves!! Anyway, here’s a look back on the most popular posts here on 1WineDude.com over the course of 2022. You know,…
Wine In the Time of Coronavirus, Part 54: The Coolest White Wine You Aren’t Drinking (A Nas-Cëtta Deep Dive)
Back in November 2021 (!), I attended a media tasting with producers and wines of Piedmont’s Langhe DOC Nas-Cëtta del Comune di Novello. These are basically the coolest Italian white wines that you (almost certainly) aren’t (yet) drinking. This is yet another unsung grape that appears to be native to Italy’s Piedmont. The first written…
Dispatch from 1WD Paternity Leave: Wine Product Round-Up!
With a now 4-ish-month-old about, I’m doing a lot less of some things (sleeping, writing blog posts), and a LOT more of others, including diaper changes and rummaging through the sample pool of wine-related products that get sent to me. So in an attempt to rectify some of the former and share some of the…