Wine on the mountain!
Christopher’s Wine & Cheese is on the grow again! We’re about to start a re-set of our floor space to accommodate you and your wine and culinary needs more thoroughly again! Every year about this time, we explore new products and concepts to help make our little shop a bigger, more exciting adventure for you...
Bohemian Severity? (Ross Cobb And Claypool Cellars Team Up To Make Serious Sonoma Pinot)
At this point, I think we can agree that Sonoma winemaker Ross Cobb now owes me some money. Certainly I’ve reviewed and featured a few of his wines here, with quite favorable results – though that’s not, of course, why I think he should be paying me (really, we’ve had enough of that alleged behavior...
Are EU Imports Poised To Kick U.S. Wine Biz Butt In The Near Future?
Last week, Silicon Valley Bank and Vintank teamed up to present a rather well-researched and thorough look at what the wine industry has in store for itself in the near future. Predictions are, of course, only for the exceedingly brave (or exceedingly foolish – or both), since they’re ripe for the 20/20 vision sniper cross...
Dude, Where’s My “Wine?” (Marijuana And Wine Remain Popular Pairing For California Winemakers)
I recently had a conversation with a celebrity involved in the California wine biz that went something like this: CA Wine Celebrity: “Hey – have you ever had cannabis-infused wine?” Me: “Cannabis-infused?” CWC: “Yeah. Totally. Pot wine?” Me: “No – but I wouldn’t be surprised if every other winemaker in California was drinking it; and...
Meet The German Wine Queen
Beauty pageants have come and gone in America as a source of prime time entertainment. Where the Miss America pageant used to get serious top billing, it now can't compete with even the middle-rung of reality television, which provides all of the dram...
Deborah Harkness On Wine Blogs, Vampires and Writing
I like Deborah Harkness for a whole bunch of reasons. I first came across her when I discovered her wine blog, Good Wine Under $20. And I wasn't the only one who discovered Deborah's well written, witty, and well-focused wine...
This just in …
Given the magnitude of this, I thought I'd get it out right away, just as I received it.***BECKMEN VINEYARDS WINEGROWER STEVE BECKMENIS A DIRECT DESCENDENT OF DIONYSUSBeckmen also confirmed as the inventor of Grenache.SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – A...
Breaking News! Steve Heimoff And I To Swap Gigs!
In this special weekend edition of 1WineDude.com, I have some epically gargantuanly stunningly-hyphenated-made-up-adverbially BIG news to share with you all. Steve Heimoff, of Wine Enthusiast Magazine (not sure if it’s the English or Mandarin version… but sh*t, I’d better find that out REAL soon) are SWAPPING GIGS. Yes, ou’re reading that correctly. Steve Heimoff will...
Will Bordeaux Be Fine Wine’s Benchmark In 100 Years? (A Candid Conversation With Eric Asimov)