The following is a guest post from Jason Whiteside. Jason was previously a Sommelier & Wine Consultant on the Dutch/French Island of St. Martin, and was the original Wine Director of Cosimo Wine Bar in Malvern, PA. He is part of the Wine Educator staff at ChaddsFord Winery, and holds the Level 3 Advanced Certificate…
A Nose is A Nose is Splendor: Why Winemaking is Still More Art than Science
(images: weblogs.nrc.nl, gizmag.com.au) The AP reported an interesting tidbit recently in the world of winemaking – interesting enough to be picked up by several other news sources, anyway: Ilja Gort, the flamboyant Dutch owner of Bordeaux’s Chateau de la Garde, has insured his insured his nose (and sense of smell) with Lloyd’s of London, to…
2008 American Wine Blog Awards – Get Voting, People!
Blame it on the full moon, the equinox, or (purple!) monkeys from space… but strange things are afoot… The little dudette is coming a week early! So new 1WineDude.com content will likely be a bit slow in coming over the next two weeks or so. Never fear, Dude has lined up some interesting stuff and…
In the News: Drinking Can Cut Risk of Heart Disease (+ Other Tidbits)
(image: healingdaily.com) Mark Fisher, who writes the Uncorked blog at the Dayton Daily News, has posted an interesting piece this week with his thoughts on a recent American Journal of Medicine alcohol study. Mark’s thoughts are always worth a read, and this article is no exception (and thanks to him as well for mentioning my…