The sender told me about an upcoming live online (on twitter) wine tasting event. Tags: Wine STUFF wine tasting crushpad fledgling wine I received an email over the weekend. It seems to have come from an employee of Crushpad, an urban winery based in San Fransisco that I have been casually following over the years. MORE >>

Last week I was lucky enough to attend the Wines from Santorini tasting. This was a great opportunity to taste more of the wines, to build a bit of context, so see which of the wines I would be interested in seeking out on my own. beautiful nose that forced me to return to this wine at least three or four times during the tasting. MORE >>

certainly fooled me in a blind tasting. Here's an assortment of wines (first three from Savio Soares, importer) that have me hanging on to the bottles. All are organic in reality, if not in certification (chianti does have cert). Absolutely charming wine, made by supposedly crazy winemaker 16 k south west of Orleans. Somewhere around $30? MORE >>

A lot of people don't like blind tasting, but I enjoy it a lot. My favorite way to blind taste is to get together with a group of friends and ask everyone to bring a bottle to serve to the group. My friend Tista was in town recently and I decided to use his visit as an excuse to gather some friends and have a blind tasting dinner. MORE >>

At least two heads of state showed up - President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi and Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada enjoyed light conversation while tasting through the Clos Roche Blanche wines. tasted a load of wine, including new vintages from familiar producers and a few things that were brand new to me. MORE >>