Tag Archives: Local Wine

Drink Local Wine 2013 – in Baltimore April 13

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

You can drink local wine any day, but you should Drink Local Wine on April 13. Okay, punning aside, the annual Drink Local Wine conference is fast approaching. After convening in Texas, Virginia, Missouri and Colorado, we are converging on … Continue reading →

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DLW 2013 to focus on Maryland

Posted on November 18, 2012 by

Well, it’s official. DrinkLocalWine.com’s 2013 conference will be in Maryland next April 12-14. This will be our fifth annual conference in which we introduce bloggers and other wine writers to the wines of a particular state, one they probably don’t … Continue reading →

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Calling All Bloggers! Regional Wine Week is Nov. 12-16

Posted on October 27, 2012 by

DrinkLocalWine, the website-turned-movement that Jeff Siegel and I started four years ago, will hold its fifth annual Regional Wine Week from Nov. 12-16. The idea is to encourage bloggers and other wine writers to focus on their local wines from … Continue reading →

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Do “real oenophiles” like local wine?

Posted on July 27, 2012 by

The local wine movement continues to grow, yet there are still many prominent doubters. The Wall Street Journal chimed in recently with a commentary on its Speakeasy blog. The author, Charles Passy, acknowledged that he spent an enjoyable hour or … Continue reading →

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A Locavore Talks Locapour – Evan Faber of Salt Bistro in Boulder, CO

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

I’ve written about the reluctance of avowedly locavore restaurants to sell local wines, and each year at the DrinkLocalWine.com conferences I’ve moderated a panel discussion on the subject. This year’s panel was the liveliest yet, mainly because Colorado has really … Continue reading →

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Worth Reading: The Local Wine Edition

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

Catching up on the reading, there’s lots out there about local wine:   Eric Asimov of the New York Times joins the locavore/locapour debate this week with a well-reasoned piece about the reluctance of consumers to consider local wines even … Continue reading →

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Worth Reading: Provoking Adam Lee

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

Some fun and interesting keyboard musings this week: W. Blake Gray indulges in his favorite sport – provoking Adam Lee of Siduri with a post about low alcohol levels. It’s a great way to boost your comment totals on a … Continue reading →

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Colorado wines impress

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

DrinkLocalWine.com, an organization I co-founded four years ago with Dallas-based wine writer Jeff Siegel, held its fourth annual conference last weekend in Denver, bringing together bloggers from as far away as New York and California to explore Colorado wine. It’s … Continue reading →

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DrinkLocalWine.com 2012 – and the winners are …

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

DrinkLocalWine.com 2012 is over, it was a big success, and now it’s time for a recap. I can’t give you one today, because it’s past 1 am, I’m barely sentient, and the crowd in the Irish pub six floors below … Continue reading →

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And DrinkLocalWine.com 2012 is underway

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

DrinkLocalWine.com‘s fourth annual conference got underway today. A few bloggers, including Joe Roberts of 1WineDude.com, David White of Terroirist, David Falchek, Dezel Quillen, and “Chief Wino” Andrew Stover hopped into a puddle jumper for a heart-in-mouth flight over the Rockies … Continue reading →

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