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Homeland Security Learns of Blogger Plot to Assemble 13 Pressurized Bottle of Intoxicants, Shows Up with Flintstones Jelly Glasses. And Handcuffs

Overview We recently attended the now annual VA sparkling wine tasting organized by Frank Morgan of Drink What You Like. This year, Early Mountain Vineyards hosted us, and as always, we had a great time catching up with our blogging friends while also checking in on the state of sparkling wine in VA. Once again, … Continue reading »
Bill Nye Develops Carbon Sequestration Technology Using Booze, Bubbles, and Bloggers

Everyone involved had so much fun with last year’s blind tasting of Virginia sparkling wines that Frank Morgan decided to organize a second annual tasting. This year, in addition to Frank, Paul and Warren, and Grape Envy Guy and I (the holdovers from last year), the tasters included Allan, Melissa, Anthony, Megan (who writes about … Continue reading »
Maxim Magazine Deems Dimunitive Virginia Winemaker Far Too Manly for Bloggers to Pair His Wines With Quiche

Many people only think about bubbly wine for New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day, and “special” occasions like weddings and anniversaries. By all means, open a bottle of fizzy wine on these occasions, but I think that opening the bottle of bubbly can make for a special occasion. There are many different types of sparkling wines … Continue reading »
Convex Bottom of Sparkling Wine Bottle Helps Couple Find Nemo (in Sticky Rice)

Lenn Thompson and I worked out an interstate wine trade a while back. He wanted to get his hands on some Linden wines, and they don’t ship, and we were interesting in trying some of the high quality NY wines he’s so happy to talk about. Every so often, we look towards these wines when … Continue reading »
Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere

When we visited the Eastern Shore in the fall with Frank (from Drink What You Like) and his wife Acada & Paul and Warren(from Virginia Wine Time), one of the topics we spent some time talking about was VA Sparkling wines. We all thought Virginia had some nice sparkling options, but we all also expressed … Continue reading »
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