Shameful confession: Every August, I meet a few dozen of my closest friends for a weekend of geekery at a sci-fi convention. Some people actually participate in the convention, but we also have our own track of seminars on topics of interest to us. Last year I led a wine tasting for the first time. [...]

I’m writing this from Table 8 at the Wine Bloggers Conference. We’re about to get the liveblogging under way…
This conference combines nerdity with drinking. I am so happy to be here with my people! Internet access sucks, though, so this might be intermittent. I’ll do my best. Live tasting starts in 5 minutes! It’s “like [...]

I recently went to a wine store tasting of “unusual” California varietals and blends. The tastings at this place are almost always well attended, but this time it was absolutely dead. Same at a riesling tasting I went to last week and a gruner veltliner tasting the week before: nobody. At all three, employees said [...]

SNOB Wine Bar has biweekly tastings centered on a country or region. This week’s was unusual enough that I made sure I had the evening off so I could attend: Austria’s Gruner Veltliner. It’s rare to see this wine on a by-the-glass list, let alone at a tasting. I’m happy to say it surprised me; [...]