Category Archives: Web/Tech

Impressions from Savour Australia 2013

Posted on September 17, 2013 by

ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA – Savour Australia – the first international conference dedicated to Australian wine – is about to wrap up with a Grand Tasting of umpteen gazillion wines in a large convention hall with umpteen gazillion people trying to … 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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Virginia’s “First Growth” #Wine Wins a High-Profile Endorsement

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

  RdV Vineyards just won another vote in its effort to become known as “Virginia’s First Growth.” Jancis Robinson, who keynoted the recent Wine Bloggers Conference in Charlottesville, wrote about RdV and its founder, Rutger de Vink, in her Saturday … Continue reading →

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Wine Mags Go Mobile With iPad

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

The inevitable has happened. There are now wine magazines created exclusively for the iPad. The tablet computer is a media revolution, so it isn’t surprising that we now have wine publications dedicated exclusively to this format. It isn’t a complete … Continue reading →

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Agh! Public Speaking – Seattle and St. Louis

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

In high school, I hated public speaking class. In grad school, I was a lousy teaching assistant. But maybe that’s because I didn’t have anything worth speaking about. Like wine, for instance. In the next few weeks I’ll be venturing … Continue reading →

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Hear Ye, Hear Ye! DLW11 is Coming!

Posted on March 3, 2011 by

DLW 2011: Missouri will feature some of the top names in Missouri and regional wine as well a live Internet radio broadcast and an expanded version of our trademark Twitter Taste-off on April 2, 2011, at the Doubletree Westport in … Continue reading →

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Sweet on Local Dessert Wines

Posted on October 27, 2010 by

When exploring the greatly improving local wine scene, it’s easy to focus on dry table wines – the most dramatic improvement – and lose sight of dessert wines. Stickies have always been a staple of local wines, but they are … Continue reading →

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