(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!…
WBW #43: Dude’s Comfort Wine (or How I Survived My Brother’s Heart Surgery)
For Wine Blogging Wednesday #43 (this round hosted over at the fine WineLifeToday blog), we’ve been asked to review a “Comfort Wine” – and to explain why, like a good comfort food, this wine evokes some special, relaxing, or good-ol’-down-home feeling for us. First, let’s start with my comfort wine. Then I’ll lay the story…
Food Review Weekly #3
Just a quick reminder for you all to check out Food Review Weekly #3, this time hosted over at Candy Blog (Dude likes Candy Blog, because he’s got a serious sweet tooth). Among the reviews are my 7-word take on Banfi’s Rosso di Montalcino, but more importantly a review of Trader Joe’s Gluten-Free Ginger Snaps,…
In the News: How Young Buyers are Impacting Winemaking
(image: darlingofourage.files.wordpress.com)This is not your fathers wine buying. There is a great little article posted today in SunJournal.com about how the tastes of a small, but extremely influential group of people are impacting the wine trade. And they’re NOT talking about the Robert Parkers of the world, whose tendency to enjoy big, alcohol-laden fruit bombs…