The Good There were a couple of good posts that came out about social media for wineries since my last installment of TGB&U – Josh over at Drink Nectar has posted on the topic of social media in the past, and makes some really great points on the topic.  His post on Facebook status tweeting points out a mistake that [...]

Since I've become active in the online wine community, I have always been supportive and empathetic towards those poor misfortunate souls who have the bad luck to live in backwards states that won't allow them to receive wine shipments from out of state.  This morning, I woke up as one of those people, living in one of those states. Texas [...]

If there are two things that really get me fired up, and there are at least that many, it's wine and baseball.  I've been thinking to myself, "Self, there's got to be a way to combine these two amazingly awesome things."  Well, I've come up with a way.  The answer is a fantasy baseball league for us winos.  I need [...]

The answer is, not a whole hell of a lot.  I found one though.  Turns out that they are actually growing Pinot Noir right here in my own back yard.  I talked about this with the guys at Pheasant Ridge winery in my video interview the other day.  The winery provided me with samples of their Pinot Noir and of [...]

I am in the middle of some thoughts about the whole question of organic wines that was discussed in this earlier post.  I have the ol' noodle going on an idea for an upcoming post, but I wanted to get some thoughts on something right now.  What is more important to you, that a wine be organic/biodynamic, or that it [...]

I just felt the need to post this little exercise in creative narcissism.  I promise that these will be few and far between. In hindsight, that bottle of wine had been the best part of our relationship.  It sat on the rack in the cellar for three years, only to culminate in one night of pure vinostatic bliss and then [...]

Saw a tweet from @TheOther46 (Brian Kirby in the real world) today that said, I'm growing increasingly tired of the Wine Spectator skipping over the other 46 states. Thinking of canceling my subscription. I totally agree with Brian on this.  I understand that California, Washington, Oregon, and New York are the main wine producing states in the country, but there [...]

The Good Big news coming out of Massachusetts about shipping laws in the state. The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that could open the door for wine lover in Massachusetts to purchase more of their favorite wines online or by mail order directly from producers.  Right now MA law restricts consumers from ordering wine directly [...]

One of the wines that I tasted on my recent trip out to Pheasant Ridge Winery, was the 2003 Proprietor's Reserve, a Bordeaux style blend that is their signature wine.  The winery provided me with a sample bottle to do a more thorough review of the wine than I was able to do while I was there in the tasting [...]

Ok, so that sounds far too official for what it really is, but that's just how I like to roll.  Everything is bigger in Texas (obligatory double entendre goes here), but are generally not as big as Texans would have you believe.  Still, this is pretty much huge. One of my new favorite people on Twitter is @wineaccguy, who is [...]