Wine Week in Review

Monday: My review of Amalie Robert in Oregon has become my most viewed post, since The Vino File inception. It also made me dream of great Pinot all week...

Tuesday: A stop by my favorite wine shop, ended with a quick tasting of Handley Cellars 2008 Sauvignon Blanc, Dry Creek Valley. Since I took no notes and won't give it a formal review, I will just say that for $15 it was a nice example of Sonoma sauvignon blanc. I like lots of grass and acidity in my sauvignon blanc, and this one was a little bit right down the middle between fruity and herbal. However the value on what you are getting with this wine is right.

Wednesday: A blog entry at Tablas Creek Blog gave some strong insight into why it is very difficult to find good value, high quality California wines. The only thing I would like to see is a similar breakdown on how we can get some great imports for so cheap. It baffles me that a bottle can be produced, imported, and marked up and still only cost me $6. However, I appreciate the transperancy in a business decision that this blog entry gave. Wednesday night I attend a Young Winos tasting of Cabernet Sauvignon and successfully differentiated blindly between cabs from Argentina, California, and Bordeaux. If I can recommend a wine from this tasting I would say that Edge Cabernet Sauvignon is a good buy for under $20.

Thursday: The Vino File has had two full months as of Thursday, and grew 80% month over month on total visits, and 215% on unique visitors (not just Mom anymore!!) The first of April also began the nomination period for the Wine Blog Awards 2010. If you want to nominate your favorite wine blogs head over here. And if The Vino File gets a nod from you (just leave your nomination in the comments) I promise I won't be mad. There are several new wine blogs that I think are great, actually better, and would nominate them myself but they were already nominated. Voting will occur in a couple of weeks also, so stay tuned. Also on Thursday I posted my April Fools entry and got a little criticism that it came across as angry.... I'll own that.

Friday: Working hard on catching up on podcasts from Three Wine Guys, who I recently discovered. Something about their reviews mixed with foul language makes me remember what they talk about more keenly then a written review. Anyway, I'm enjoying them.

Have a great weekend folks!!