
Tag Archives: wine writing


Bring on Bogle’s ghost story writing contest!

The seventh annual do-it-yourself wine review

The blog’s seventh annual do-it-yourself wine review — because no matter how much we hope otherwise, wine remains entirely too pompous
The do-it-yourself wine review has long been one of my favorite blog features, allowing me to prick wine’s pomposity, get some humor on the site, and pretend I know how to use HTML.
This year: Four rose wine reviews, and yes, I sort of stole most of the answers from actual reviews. As always, thanks to Al Yellon, since I stole the idea from him all those years ago.
This year, you’ll need to go to the old website to enjoy the post, since Substack doesn’t allow the necessary coding. So follow this link, and then click the drop-down menu and choose your favorite line.
This California rose:
This French rose:
This Italian rose:
This Spanish rose:
More do-it-yourself wine reviews:
• The sixth do-it-yourself wine review
• The fifth do-it-yourself wine review
• The fourth do-it-yourself wine review

Alexa, who is the Wine Curmudgeon?

Winebits 682: Big Wine, wine writing, on-line wine

“Monetizing” the blog: Is it worth the trouble?
