Archives for: March 2011
Good Food and Wine in the Tri-Cities – Robert Smasne

This is the time that I consider the real start of the year. We’ve languished through the death throes of Winter’s chilly grasp. Nothing of importance happens in January and February (okay, there’s this big football game, but that’s it.) Finally in March you start to see some action. Baseball spring training is in full swing, culminating in opening day [...]

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March 25th – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
the-good

One of the blogs that I have to admit that I haven’t paid nearly as much attention to as I should is the Louisville Juice blog that is published by Tom Johnson. Every time I go there I read fantastic content, and yet I just haven’t surfed over as often as I should. I plan to rectify that. This week [...]

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Bordeaux on a Budget?
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I have recently had a massive influx of Bordeaux wine samples coming from various sources, so massive that I could drink Bordeaux every other day for the next month and still have some left over. Now some of you might be thinking, “Wow! I’m going to go start a wine blog so that I can get in on these vino [...]

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March 11th – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
wendell berry

Making another stop in The Good this week is Vintank, who just released a great report on what 2011 has in store for the wine industry in regards to technology. 1WineDude posts that he thinks the report might be too optimistic, and it might well be, but I still like the thought process behind the report. I also have an [...]

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Something Completely Different: How to Make a Gin and Tonic
Gin and Tonic

Yesterday I posted that Vinotology takes an open approach to accepting people of other faiths, and today I am saying that we also have an open mouth policy when it comes to other beverages. After all, man does not live by wine alone. For example, I often have been known to indulge in a nice craft beer. I also have [...]

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Thou Shalt Not Give Up Wine For Lent
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Some of you may have seen my brief explanation of what Vinotology is on the new website. I have always gotten a lot of questions about this, and I finally decided that I would just post it on the site. Vinotology is a cult that I’m starting, ala Scientology. I read once where L. Ron Hubbard said that he didn’t [...]

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March 4th – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
the-good

Finally, the moment that you have all been waiting for; wine Twitter star Bobby Parkerchuck has granted an interview to the folks at Vintank, who just keep bringing the thunder (sorry) on their blog. Check out all the shocking revelations  posted here. Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while know that one of my hot [...]

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Hemmingway, Running Bulls and Tempranillo – Navarra, Spain
Running of the Bulls

Spain has become quite a trendy option for wine in recent years. The wines of the Rioja region and the Priorat have been the superstars of Spain, producing some of the most well known and respected wines that the country has to offer. I recently had the opportunity to try some wines from another region of Spain, The Kingdom of [...]

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