On my last day of vacation, I had the pleasure of attending the Appellation St. Helena Media Tasting. The St. Helena folks kindly invited anyone who went to the blogger conference and happened to stay around in town for 3 extra days to come…well, I fit that description, so bright and early I made my [...]
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And how does one accomplish this in any meaningful way that presents utility? If such a list were to exist (and there are many, many such lists out there) what are the important factors and how do you determine them? Is traffic paramount? And how do you determine a blog’s traffic without the owner disclosing [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this product as a sample from Cerebral Itch. How about a Cerebral Itch? Paul, one of the owners of Cerebral Itch, contacted me a few weeks ago to see if I’d like to see a sample of their wine gift label product line. A few days later these arrived in the mail: [...]
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My friend Cat from a•pair•i•tif recently asked me if I would be willing to contribute to a series she is doing on how wine bloggers taste and rate wines. I’ll put the post up here and cross-post it at Cat’s wine blog, where you’ll be able to see some thoughts from other wine bloggers on [...]
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Sorry for the silence the last few days! My folks were up visiting from CT for the long weekend and we were busy busy busy renovating a bathroom and having BBQs with the neighbors. Back to your regularly scheduled programming now though. At least for a bit before work ships me off to Atlanta again [...]
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Hope you’ve found your Petite Sirah! Send me your link or your review if you don’t have a blog tomorrow at ctsonadora@gmail.com! And I’m shocked by the early reviews, way to be on the ball wine bloggers!
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Hope you’ve found your Petite Sirah! Send me your link or your review if you don’t have a blog tomorrow at ctsonadora@gmail.com! And I’m shocked by the early reviews, way to be on the ball wine bloggers!
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Church Street Cellars in Vienna is tasting from a portfolio of Italian wines from 6:30-9:00pm on Friday. Included in the tasting is an Oddero Chardonnay, a Pelissero Nebbiolo and a Firriato Camelot. Out of Site Wines in Vienna is having a tasting on Saturday from 1-4pm. They are tasting 4 wines from the portfolio of [...]
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Today’s New York Times Food and Dining section features an article on cooking with cheap wine entitled “It Boils Down to This: Cheap Wine Works Fine.” The premise is that the author cooked several dishes multiple times with different levels of wine, ranging from a Sauvignon Blanc that she bills as a “Club Med Pina [...]
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