I am about to begin the Live Wine Blogging portion of the the very first North American Wine Bloggers Conference here in 2008 at the Hotel Flamingo! Keep in mind all of this is live and pretty much not edited!! (Editorial post note, all of these wines have been tagged with “WBC2008NA-Live” if you would like...
Disclosure: I received this wine as a media sample from Twisted Oak Winery.
Twisted Oak Winery in Calaveras County has built a rather phenomenal, staid reputation since it's founding by Jeff and Mary Stai in 2001. Stuffy and beautifully constructed wines bearing boring labels such as "*%#&@!" and "Pig Stai" have built their reputation as a very traditional, elitist winery. Indeed, their focus on New World safe haven varietals such as Tempranillo, Verdelho, Grenache and the ever popular Graciano prove that despite their penchant for such hip Iberian Peninsula grape varieties, they still know that winemaking is an incredibly serious and noble endeavor. I’m very excited to announce that I will be attending the very first North American Wine Bloggers Conference when it hits in October in Sonoma County. Many of the wine bloggers that you may follow and that are nicely listed by Catavino at WineBlogger.info will be attending. Fast-growing wine biz networking site OpenWine Consortium and global...
