Talking about influence, elitism and wine

On a highly unusual day in London recently I was lucky enough to be interviewed twice on similar topics – the coming together of wine, blogging and some measure of influence. This blog, in large part thanks to its longevity but also some very active and loyal followers, regularly appears on lists of “top wine [...]

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Majandra Delfino Malia Jones Malin Akerman Mandy Moore

The Perfect Wine ?App?

One of my favorite podcasts is NPR‘s Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me. Wait Wait is a weekly new’s quiz show, based out of Chicago, that invites various guests to answer a series of satirical questions. This past week, Ev Williams of Twitter was invited onto the show as a guest, and he echoed a comment I happened [...]

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Natassia Malthe Nelly Furtado Nichole Robinson Nicky Hilton

A Spitacular Competition!

For three days, our judges swirled, sniffed and spit their way through more than 3,500 wines from around the globe. Today they wrapped up by choosing the best of the best in each category. Results will be available next month, so stay tuned. In the meantime, enjoy this compilation of expert spitters:

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Sarah Polley Sarah Shahi Sarah Silverman Sarah Wynter

How To Pronounce Willamette

One of the dangers of being a wine podcaster is you have to say wine terms and regions out loud. It’s hard enough to keep everything spelled correctly and often over the years I’ve made some embarrassing mistakes on the podcast. But the one that is probably most distressing for me was my butchering of [...]

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Missi Pyle Missy Peregrym Molly Sims Monet Mazur

Wine Clubs

I was asked earlier today to describe my wine clubs and what makes them different than all of our competitors. I talked some about our differing price points ($20, $50 and $100 per bottle) and how we refuse to include shipping in the prices charged for our wine clubs. Unlike many of our competitors we [...]

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Nicole Richie Nicole Scherzinger Nicollette Sheridan Nikki Cox

Wine Bloggers and the Opening In The Tent

This is a shout out not only to a fellow wine blogger, but also to the wine trade that, if they have not yet noticed, the best wine bloggers are being invited inside some very important tents. David White of...

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Sarah Polley Sarah Shahi Sarah Silverman Sarah Wynter