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paradise for a progressing palate.
they say the best way to get to know wine is to taste it. sounds like the perfect excuse for a few glasses here and there, a great reason to do a wine-bar hop, and a wonderful excuse to get together with friends and share each guest’s favorite bottle, doesn’t it. but it really is […]
coming soon!
i poured at this weekend’s awesome wine event in town, unwined! i can’t wait to share with you the wines that i was pouring (two AWESOME whites out of washington), more about the event, the philanthropy partner, the other wine vendors and distributors AND the awesome food trucks that soaked up some of the copious of wine […]
a love for local.
we all know about the push to eat local. its tasty, eco-firendly, good for the community, etc. but how about drinking locally? has that thought ever crossed your mind? i’m guilty of being a fan of far away flavors. but there really is something to be said about loving local. drinking local is lovely for […]
REWIND. wick-ed creativity.
we’ve all run into the empty bottle dilemma, right? you finish a bottle of wine and you don’t know what to do next. (besides open the next one, of course). the beautiful green glass and fancy wrapper are not dumpster worthy, but the space above your cabinets is filling up fast. REWINED, a charleston based […]
driving on wine?
do you have copious amounts of surplus wine laying around? oh, you don’t? well prince charles of england does. and he’s turning it into biofuel. fuel that he uses to drive his car around town. granted, he’s only driving about 200 to 300 miles each year, but hey, every carbon footprint reduction is worth something, […]
winemakers without vineyards.
Becoming part of the wine industry is no small feat. Becoming a successful winemaker takes ample time, energy, and quite a bit of capital. And that is where CrushPad comes in. At CrushPad, YOU, yes YOU, can make your own wine. Without buying an entire vineyard. You can take a hands on role in the […]
sensible sipping.
wine enthusiast has a great section of their website dedicated to people who want to get to know wine. this article gets personal. how can we use our five senses to properly taste? this article gives a few great pieces of tasting advice. and one thing sticks out to me: tasting conditions actually have a […]
colorado wine week.
colorado wine week starts on sunday. what are you doing to be a part of it? check out this denver post article about the great event. and then check out colorado wine week’s own website and learn how YOU can get involved in colorado’s culture of wine! this aweome week of events culmintes with the colorado […]
fifty favorites.
tim atkin, a renowned wine connoisseur, recently visited argentina (one of my favorite countries, if you haven’t figured that out already) to do some tasting and reasearch and to find some of argentina’s best wines. although he reported his fifty favorites, his excursions including touring vineyards, chatting with locals and trying a total of 450 different varieties. LUCKY. here […]
denver, an unsuspecting city of wine.
denver…an unusual suspect for good wine, right? surprisingly it’s actually a GREAT city for vino! here is a great article profiling a few of snooth’s favorite shops around town. part of the reason that denver (and colorado in general) is a great place for wine has to do with a little fact i learned at […]
the brilliance behind the barrel. 