There’s been a good deal of positive reaction to my new contributions to the Wine Quiz section of The Juice newsletter (thanks for that, by the way!), and so I thought it would be fun to run each week’s Juice quiz here on 1WineDude.com, so that you can complain directly to me that the answers…
On Demand Reviews: Dashe Cellars Recent Releases
Today… well, today is all about downtown Oakland’s vinous urban success story, Dashe Cellars – because YOU demanded it. Well, technically not YOU exactly, unless you’re Martin Dredmond. Martin was one of two winners of the 1WD ZAP 2012 Zinfandel Festival tickets giveaway, in which the ticket winners also determined which Zinfandels I would be…
Are “Bin End” Wines Really A Good Deal? How To Avoid Getting Tebow-ed At The Bin
It seems that venerable news-aggregator has stumbled upon the apparently news-worthy advice that shopping in the “Bin End” section (so named, as I understand it, because these were often literally bins of wine stacked up at the end of the aisles in wine shops) of the wine store is a good place to find vinous…
A Tawny Bargain And A Tawdry Pecan Pie
Occasionally, I actually agree with Robert Parker’s reviews. Yes, really. Such as in this case, when it comes to a 10 Year Tawny Port to which RMP Jr. dolled out 94 points, in sharp contrast to many other long-established critical voices who deigned to bestow it a high-80s score, probably because it retails for $33…