TasteCamp East, the first-ever gathering of Right Coast wine bloggers, is now freshly behind us. I came. I saw. I nuked my palate tasting hundreds of wines in a two-day whirlwind tour of Long Island wine country. You will read more ( a lot more) from me regarding my take on the current state of…
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The Punking of Wine’s High Priests
Before I get into the topic of today’s post (which, I’ll tell you now for future reference is “why and how even preeminent wine authorities can be duped”), I first need to give you some background on the world of wine fraud. A few years ago I was on a business trip to Russia (before…
Who Do You Love? (Are Wine Writers Writing for You, or for Each Other?)
Or is that Whom Do You Love? Dammit. Ok, whatever… I usually get flamed for writing about writing about wine, so I’m donning the asbestos undies for this one. Bring on the heat, baby! ‘Cause I’ve got (yet another) bone to pick with the world of wine writing (this includes wine blogging, and hence includes…
Site Guide (Ratings & What-Have-You)
First time? I’ll be gentle, I promise! Welcome to 1WineDude.com! Thanks for visiting. You look great, by the way – did you cut your bangs? This website exists to help you learn more about wine. I primarily try to do this by a) entertaining you, b) providing useful information to you, and c) (hopefully) making…
