Happy Birthday Vintuba!
Well we have made through our first year of drinking, talking and blogging. And like any 22 year old (legal in all 50 states plus one) facing their future, we looked back at what we had accomplished, attempted, and abandoned and decided the website needed a bit of work. So got to work and created, [...]
Read more →The Qupe runneth over!
ChrisO the “Everyman’s wine snob” goes solo and reviews the 2007 Qupe Marsanne on camera.
Read more →DID YOU KNOW?
France’s Rhone Valley
The Rhone Valley in the South of France is split into two regions. With 95% of Rhone Valley wine coming from the Southern Region, it easy to overlook the fantastic Hermitage and Cote-Rotie wines of the Northern Region.
Read more →Its Grüner Veltliner Friday
TGIF Today is Grüner Veltliner Friday:
Today I would like to talk to you about Grüner Veltliner, no it is not a new strain of flu or the latest socially transmitted disease, however I do want to warn you that once you have tried it you might become infected with the desire to drink it a [...]
Do you Enkidu?
Vintuba TV Episode 2
In this Episode of Vintuba TV we explore the world of Pinot Noir and Epic of Gilgamesh. Now inevitably 99% of you (of course I am not talking to you because you belong to the 1% who know everything) are asking yourselves either who the hell is Gilgamesh (hint check out the link I provided [...]
Read more →Confessions of a Wine Marketer and Professional Know-it-All
I’ve got some opinions regarding the secret password of the modern wine industry. No not Social Media – Millennials. Hell, I am one. As someone in the trade, who both is young and looks younger, I’m pretty weary of being the spokesperson for this “future of the industry.” Here are the multitude of reasons why:
Read more →Missourri wine in Napa
(aka coal to Newscastle)
In our first episode of Vintuba TV JonM “the wine snob’s everyman” comes to Napa to visit ChrisO “the everyman’s wine snob” and to show off wines from Missouri! How does it go? You are just going to have to watch and see…
More info:
Stone Hill Winery
Alexis Bailly Vineyards
Vignoles hybrid grape
For the podcast version click here
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 to [...]
Vintuba visits the other wine country
Our lowest wine review to date, complete with hats.
Read more →Wine Blogger Conference end of day 1
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.
2. The [...]
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