Time to look back on what was an eventful year, personally and with the blog and my exploration into the world of wine. The blog of course suffered a little during the recuperation and recently has taken a bit of a slide as I got kinda hooked on computer games, fantasy sports (NASCAR) and earlier bed times. Stay tuned to Why Wine Blog. MORE >>

Does that Brooklynguy ever drink anything that he doesn't write about on his blog?" Here are the wines I drank in October that have not, even in passing, appeared already in October on this blog. Good Wines --2007 Jacques Puffeney Poulsard "M," $25, Neal Rosenthal Imports. 2007 Nigl Grüner Veltliner Privat, $38. MORE >>

** Disclaimer: I received these wines from Martellotto Wine s One of the benefits of writing a wine blog is the occasional UPS delivery of wine to taste and review on the blog. It can also be disappointing when the wine received is one that I don't normally drink or one that I have a hard time with. Now Cabs I have no problem with. MORE >>

2007 Philippe Bornard Ploussard Arbois Pupillin Point Barre , $30, Savio Soares Selections, donated by Savio Soares for this tasting. Jura wines are kind of obscure, outside of the wine-geek world. Finding them requires seeking them out, your local shoppe is unlikely to carry them. It seems as though Jura wines are the next hip thing. MORE >>

What an exciting year this has been for Why Wine Blog and for me personally in my quest to further my knowledge of wine. The blog started out in 2008 only as fun thing to do and to give my new wine affiliate web site it's first link. From then on I started using my blog as a learning tool. was afraid to open them. MORE >>