I must say that day 1 of the wine blogger’s conference was interesting in three ways: 1. I finally got to meet the Windy City Wine Guy in person. His is one of my favorite blogs and this guy knows his wine. He has also been a guest host on some of our VINTUBA podcasts. [...]
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Wine Blogger Conference day 1
Today I am attending day one of the wine bloggers conference in Napa & Sonoma and it is off do a great start! Sofar I have tasted some GREAT whites from Rueda Spain, Sherries, wines from Bonny Doon, Faust and met the producers from “Bottle Shock”. The life wine blogger event will be starting shortly [...]
Vintuba makes a guest apperance on Wine Biz Radio
ChrisO stopped by Kaz Winery in the heart of Kenwood to be interviewed about his day job at Benziger Family Winery and Imagery Estate Winery on Wine Biz Radio, soon however the subject changed to vintuba and the bloger love-in was off to the races.
Vintuba Podcast-8- Miscellaneous Wine Ramblings 1
In episode #8 JonM interviews ChrisO about a variety of subjects from wine headaches to the Masters of Wine program. First in a series. Click Below to Play the Show: Show #8 m4a format (25:37min 11.8MB)
Wine and Candidate Pairing (not whine and Candidate)
A toast to our VP candidates So I was watching the VP debate tonight and started thinking what wine would I pair with each candidate based on their performance. Here are my recommendations based on what I saw and heard from Sarah Palin and Joe Biden (so as not to discriminate based on wine color [...]
Get yourself some wine self-esteem…
Its time to conquer our wine insecurities! We trust our senses when it comes to judging whether our laundry is dirty or clean, the pork roast in the fridge has gone off, the food over salted, or if the guy sitting next to us on the subway OD’d on Brut that morning. But why is [...]
The Audacity of Taste
As the great election cycle of 2008 comes to a head, grapes are coming in for crush all over the Northern Hemisphere. In non-election years, more of our focus as winelovers rests with the incidence of rain in Bordeaux or the sagging cordons of a record Cab crop in Oakville, than it does with lipstick [...]
Welcome to Vintuba
WELCOME to VINTUBA We are proud to introduce Vintuba, a podcasting site for the wine drinker with a thirst for the journey of discovery, not just the destination of an empty bottle. Vintuba is about the adventure of wine; the pleasure of sharing and enjoying it with your peeps. So hop aboard the Vintuba Vespa [...]
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Wine is about the people
The one common thread that makes some of the wines, that I have had the occasion to taste, so enjoyable is the people and places that have accompanied those wines; their stories, laughter and camaraderie. What I am saying is that I believe that 95% of what elevates a wine from good to great is [...]
Got Wood? Oak-K then…!
I thought that I would take a break from the Wine Bloggers Conference navel gazing and bring you a post about what is sometimes referred to as the “oak monster” or the “winemakers spice cabinet” I find it fascinating that an oak tree takes almost 100 years to grow to maturity and can live up [...]