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There are those who subscribe to truth-in-origin, and others who dismiss this notion as silliness. You could count the French, however you feel about them, most Europeans, the Slow Food Movement and perhaps Alice Waters among the former. The latter are of the flat-earth persuasion: the Mondovino coterie, the varietally obsessed wine lovers who discount the origins of wine and those who uphold McDonald’s uniformity of quality as something to attain as a goal.

In podcast 20 JonM and I explore some value wines under $25 from Argentina, California, and Oregon. When we say “value” we by no means mean cheap, but what we do mean is a wine that delivers way above their price point. We think we found some wines that you are going to like. We also discus some of the limitations of wine retailers and the very arcane system of wine distribution in the US.

A recent blog post on 1winedude.com got me thinking! You have heard of the slow food movement but is there a wine equivalent? Have speed tastings (the wine world’s take on speed dating) and TasteLive become the MCDonalds’s equivalent to wine, resulting in a “fast wine” experience? Is this really what wine is about?

What happens when you have ChrisO and JonM separated by 2,000 miles and you add a organically grown cabernet sauvignon from Napa? Why a “Date Night” of course. Listen in and learn…

I had the fortunate pleasure of being invited to meet Chris Phelps, head winemaker for Swason Vinyards in Napa. So this past Monday I made my way up valley to Rutherford to meet Chris at the winery. What follows is a podcast of me recounting my encounter to JonM. This is like the hearsay of interviewing techniques, Chris Phelps tells ChrisO who then tells JonM. If you like it make sure and tell someone else.

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 [...]

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 [...]