http://robswinereview.com/blog Wine. Friends. Fun Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:21:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today Dr. Vino encourages us this Nov. 20 to bypass the Beaujolais Nouveau and grab some local wine instead.  One, because of the carbon foot print of transporting all of that wine so fast around the globe and, two, because just about any wine (even local wine) tends to be ... http://robswinereview.com/blog/2008/10/17/drinking-locally-is-catching-steam/ I was looking through some saved links and articles and rediscovered this gem from about a month ago. LINK Even though it was all over the wine blogoshpere, I didn't blog about it and can therefore legally resurrect it. However, now rereading this article at this time, in ... http://robswinereview.com/blog/2008/10/09/wine-and-church-attendance/ . Over the past few years we have seen a rash of new vineyards and wineries pop up all over the Commonwealth of Virginia. This summer it seemed every day there was an email from a meet up group or a wine club announcing a road trip to attend the ... http://robswinereview.com/blog/2008/10/05/pollak-winery-the-future-of-virginia-wine/ DrinkLocalWine.com is the Wine2.0 answer to get non-west coast wine some media attention. It's a group of bloggers from around the country with a passion for their local wine. There's bloggers from Illinois, Texas and Arizona, just to name a few. And yours truely, Rob Hagman of RobsWineReview.com will ... http://robswinereview.com/blog/2008/10/03/drinklocalwinecom-is-now-live/ I'm usually late to the party on these things and I'll probably get a dozen emails or so saying, "Duh?, you haven't heard of that one yet?", but I found a great resource for locating the the top blogs on a specific subject, even wine. The site is alltop.com and the ... http://robswinereview.com/blog/2008/10/02/alltopcom-is-tops-for-wine-blogs/ Starting next month, WineStyles (the store my wife manages) will begin featuring a different Virgina wine for the entire month. October will feature Pollak. So we loaded up the crew, headed down south and along with Pollak, we hit Veritas and Blue Mountain Brewer. I'll do be doing a post ... http://robswinereview.com/blog/2008/09/22/wine-tasting-around-charlottesville-va/ There's been rumblings about this for quite some time now, but it's been mostly speculation within the blogosphere and no one really knew what to make of it. After quickly perusing the wine blog feeds in my Google Reader earlier this week it is not only confirmed, but ... http://robswinereview.com/blog/2008/09/19/amazoncom-to-sell-wine-period/ Hold tight folks.  Sorry for not posting over the weekend.  We were away for a funeral and did not have internet access. Also, I'm going to be making a few changes around here.  This blog is going to be more DC/NOVA central.  I'm going to concentrate on local events, local wines, ... http://robswinereview.com/blog/2008/09/16/upcoming-changes/ Ok, so head down the wine aisle of you local mega-mart with non-existent customer service and look on the back label of any of the big-batch domestic red wines (usually about 90% of the stock), especially Merlot or Cab under $15.00, and you'll see, "Pairs well with meat dishes and ... http://robswinereview.com/blog/2008/09/09/a-wine-that-does-pair-well-with-pizza-pietra-santa-cab/ This article is kind of funny, but really helpful if you are ever caught without a corkscrew. LINK What crazy devices have you employed in order to get into a bottle vino? And how much cork ended up in the bottle? http://robswinereview.com/blog/2008/09/07/need-a-corkscrew/