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The Gold Rush in California dried up more-or-less 150 years ago. And the 2011 Lake County Wine Awards results didn’t do much as far as opening the - Joe Roberts

Uhm, like what is this stuff? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine sample tasting notes via - Joe Roberts

Uhm, like what is this stuff? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine sample tasting notes via - Joe Roberts

Sensationalist headline, for sure - and not all of the wines I'm going to talk about today were boozy. And they didn't really best the biggest boys, if by big - Joe Roberts

A little over a week ago I helped to judge the 2011 Lake County Wine Awards Competition, which was held at Brassfield Estate Winery in the ludicrously-beautiful - Joe Roberts

If you love wine, you can do something that costs $0.00 and is almost certainly will up your wine appreciation and wine tasting I.Q. score varios puntos. - Joe Roberts

I am not a fan of small producers in emerging wine regions bottling and selling a large array of varietal wines; almost everyone loves having choices, but too - Joe Roberts

Chances are pretty high that, if you’re reading this (and you’re reading this), you are a wine geek. And by wine geek, I mean that you are atop the - Joe Roberts

I fell back in love with food-and-wine pairing when I helped a friend (the irrepressible Tony The Wine Chef Lawrence) with an outdoor wine / cooking demo - Joe Roberts

Uhm, like what is this stuff? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine sample tasting notes via - Joe Roberts

According to a recent survey of wine drinkers, headed up jointly by Cornell professor Virginia Utermohlen and controversial wine guru Tim Hanni, wine consumers - Joe Roberts

It feels strange being able to settle at home and pop open a Flying Dog brewski only a few short hours after the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference, the last - Joe Roberts

Uhm, like what is this stuff? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine sample tasting notes via - Joe Roberts

Until a little over a week ago, I’d never had a one hundred and eleven year old wine before. And when heading out to dinner in downtown Chicago, I hadn’t - Joe Roberts

Although the conclusion implied in the title of today's post probably seems obvious to many (i.e., a company/brand has to eventually court younger customers - Joe Roberts

The 2011 West of West Wine Festival is almost around the corner – held in Occidental, CA, the festival will showcase cool-climate (well, cool-climate for CA, - Joe Roberts

This week marks the kick-off of the 4th annual North American Wine Bloggers Conference, held (for the first time in its history) on the Right Coast - Joe Roberts

Whew! When I agreed with South American PR firm Brandabout to join them on a wine-touring excursion to Chile and Argentina, I never expected to come back - Joe Roberts

Uhm, like what is this stuff? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine sample tasting notes via - Joe Roberts

What Is The Job Of The Winemaker Today? Simple question, right?  “Duh! To make wine!” you might be answering to yourself.  What could be more simple - Joe Roberts

Those of you planning on attending the upcoming 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference in Charlottesville, VA will have your choice of interesting break-out session - Joe Roberts

In this Episode of 1WineDude TV, we’re talking about why wine books are Exhibit A evidence in the case against printed books being dead. Also mentioned is a - Joe Roberts

Uhm, like what is this stuff? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine sample tasting notes via - Joe Roberts

Sad news reverberated through the wine world recently, with particular resonance here on the Right Coast. Deb Whiting, whose culinary talents at Red Newt Bistro - Joe Roberts

“This…. this was all vineyards of Malbec…” They say the Italian influence runs strong in Argentina, and nowhere does it look stronger than in the - Joe Roberts

We wine geeks review wines in all manner of differing ways.  There’s nearly as much variety in those review systems as there are in wine styles.  Points. - Joe Roberts

The recent news of perpetually-hip grocery company Wegman’s pulling out of the troubled PA Liquor Control Board's wine kiosk program has caused a bit of a - Joe Roberts

Uhm, like what is this stuff? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine sample tasting notes via - Joe Roberts

“No one really gets to try older Long Island wine… because, well, there really isn’t any!” James Silver, General Manager of Peconic Bay Winery, was - Joe Roberts

I know this end-of-week segment has tentatively been reserved for wines of the week, but so far I’ve featured wines not actually reviewed during the week in - Joe Roberts