Day: June 27, 2010

Random Thoughts: On the Wine Bloggers’ Conference

Cecilia
27
Jun
2010
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When I told my friends I was going to a wine bloggers’ conference, they looked at me skeptically and then asked, “What are you going to do there?” No doubt they pictured a lot of intense people sitting through seminars with intriguing titles like, “Distinguishing funkiness: forest floor vs. barnyard” or “101 ways to describe …

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Live Blogging at 2010 Wine Conference: Speed-Drinking, Part Two — Reds

Cecilia
27
Jun
2010
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Here’s how this works: each winemaker or rep has 5 minutes to pour and talk about the wine, and we have the same amount of time to drink and write about it. 12 rounds. Here we go… Monthaven Winery2007 Cabernet Sauvignon (Central Coast)Octavin technology — an eight-sided “box” guaranteed to be good 6 weeks after …

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