Category Archives: Wine Blogging Wednesday

Wine Blogging Wednesday 54: How do I love Piedmont? Let me count the ways

By winecase | Published: February 18, 2009
There are so many good things about Piedmont that I could hardly have been more excited about the 54th edition of the Wine Blogging Wednesday. David McDuff’s theme, A Passion for Piedmont, was really my kind of thing. I love just about everything about Piedmont, in every color and style. Recently, I wrote about Moscato, this [...]
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Wine Blogging Wednesday 53: Would you like some Slovenian chardonnay with your breakfast?

By winecase | Published: January 15, 2009
You know, it isn’t just by chance that Jeff Stai, from the Twisted Oak Winery, wound up with the Twitter nickname Eljefetwisted. I mean, a man that calls his wines Pig Stai, Potty Mouth or River of Skulls is obviously not walking on the straight and narrow – and thank God, because his wines are [...]
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Wine Blogging Wednesday #52: an inexpensive organic red from Chile

By winecase | Published: December 10, 2008
When I heard about the theme for Wine Blogging Wednesday number 52, Value Reds From Chile, proposed by Tim of the Cheap Wine Ratings blog, I knew that it was right up my alley. After all, for Wine Blogging Wednesday #48, when Lenn Thompson asked us to go back to our roots, to the first [...]
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WBW 51: Madeiration in all things (Henriques and Henriques 1995 Single Vintage)

By winecase | Published: November 13, 2008
I really have to thank Joe Roberts, aka 1WineDude, for proposing this baked goods theme, about wines that have gone through the test of time and heat, and have only become all the better for it. Because when I tasted the Henriques & Henriques 1995 Single Harvest Madeira I chose for this edition of the [...]
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WBW 49: Bush Goes, Maison Blanche Stays

By winecase | Published: September 18, 2008
Although it is, for me, a part of everyday life, wine is also a celebratory drink. A well-chosen bottle can be a great part of special occasions. For instance, asked dhonig, the soul behind the 2 Days per Bottle wine blog, as the theme for the 49th Wine Blogging Wednesday: what wine would best to toast [...]
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