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The world’s worst wine blogger
Um, that would be, um, me.
I mean, all blogs have certain minimum requirements that all of my cyberspace colleagues seem to be able to meet with no sweat: An up-to-the-minute “blog roll” of reciprocal links to other wine blogs … an easy system to categorize entries so readers can view previous posts in each category … an updated list of “favorite posts” … links to other web sites of interest … just basic Wine Blogging 101 stuff.
Well, I’m ashamed to say I’ve flunked Wine Blogging 101. I launched Uncorked two-and-a-half years ago (my how time do fly) with the single-minded (too single-minded) focus on content, content, content, providing daily or near daily posts on all things wine. Those other blog basics I basically banished to the back burner with the thought I would do them “next week.”
Oh, I did make a half-hearted attempt to build a blog roll and throw in a few favorite posts, then left them to go stale over the course of, I don’t know, a couple of years. To my horror, I went through the blog roll yesterday and found several of the blogs I “recommended” went dormant months, even years, earlier. My “favorite posts” had mold growing on them.
Worst, those items weren’t even appearing on the Uncorked “Index Page” that most of you find first, and which features the first parts of the previous half-dozen posts. The blog roll, favorite posts, and links to other web sites appeared only if readers clicked on one of the posts to read comments or the “jump” — the portion of the story viewable after clicking on “Continue reading.”
Well, my Cox colleagues who know a lot more about online stuff are working to diagnose and fix that problem, and I have gotten off my duff and started the process of updating the blog basics I mentioned. If you can suggest a good wine blog or wine-related web site I should link to, please do make that suggestion via a comment or an email to mfisher@daytondailynews.com.
I promise to do better — while continuing the commitment (or is it obsession?) with frequent posts and new content. Which leads me to the content you’ll find here on Uncorked virtually every Friday: The best darn list of wine tastings, dinners and special events assembled anywhere. Best part is, I can take no credit — ZEE-roe — for compiling it. That credit belongs to the Dayton-based wine listserv that painstakingly collects and records these listings for its members, and then allows Uncorked to copy and paste each week for this web site’s readers. For info on Cincinnati-area wine tastings and events, go to my friend Michelle’s My Wine Education blog. And for the Dayton-based listserv’s list, click on “continue reading” below.
Meanwhile, I’ll continue working to shed that “world’s worst” label. I aspire to be … the second worst.
Mark Fisher
Fleurs de Fete: Sunday, May 18, 2008 1-4 pm, $60 in advance, $65 at the gate. Fleurs de Fete Wine and Gourmet Food Festival featuring more than 300 wines and food offerings from over 25 Dayton restaurants. Rain or Shine. Purchase tickets at many local wine stores or online at www.wellness-connection.org
Jay’s Kitchen Door Friday, May 2, 2008 4-8 pm 2006 Duckhorn Sauvignon Blanc 2000 Banfi Brunello 2005 Chateau Hermitage DE Belair 2003 Chateau Pibran
Saturday, May 3 , 2008 1-6 pm 2005 Drouhin Puligny Montrachet 2006 Penner Ash Pinot 2004 Zaca Mesa Blackbear Syrah 2005 Joseph Phelps Napa Valley Cabernet
Note: The Kitchen Door will be closed next week, May 10 and there will be no wine tasting.
RSVP 222-2892 for all Dinners and Luncheons
Monday, May 12, 2008 Wine Dinner with Alessandro Angelini $55 Antipasti, Sweet Breads with Cèpes, Pappardelle with Duck Breast in Truffle Cream Sauce and Baked Stuffed Peaches
Saturday, May 31, 2008 Copper River Salmon Luncheon $67.50 Tuna Nicoise Salad, Duo of Dungeness Crab Cakes with Avocado and Mango, Cedar Planked Salmon with Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes and Summer Vegetables, Lemon and Plum Bread Pudding with Mascarpone Ice Cream
Arrow Wine & Spirits Far Hills - Kettering Saturday, May 3, 2008 11-4 pm 2006 Vinum Chard-No-Way 2005 Krupp Brothers Estate Black Bart Marsanne-Stagecoach Vineyard 2007 High Note Malbec 2005 B.V. Beauzeaux 2002 Pikes “The EWP” Shiraz 2003 Veraison Synchrony Red-Stagecoach Vineyard
Dorothy Lane Market (DLM) Oakwood Friday, May 2, 2008 5-8 pm Duval Leroy ‘96 Brut Le G de Chateau Giraud ’06 Bordeaux Blanc Bergevin Lane ’05 Calico Red Neyers ’ 05 Old Lakeville Rd. Syrah Truchard ’04 Cabernet Palazzo ’05 Napa Valley Red Brown Bag
Saturday, May 3 , 2008 1-6 pm Nicolas Feuillatte ’00 Brut De La Guerra ’05 Chardonnay Penfold’s Bin 2 Shiraz Mouvedre Domaine Boisson ‘05 Cotes du Rhone Villages Sirius ’03 Bordeaux Parallel ’05 Napa Cabernet Bonus Bottle
DLM Washington Square Thursday, May 1, 2008 5-8 pm Merryvale chardonnay 05’ reserve 07 rock ridge point pinot noir 05 clos du bois reserve Alexander valley cabernet 05 kangrilla mclaren vale cab/shiraz 05 scott palazzo napa valley cab 05 domaine boisson cotes du rhone autu chilean syrah
Saturday, May 3, 2008 12-5 pm Fifi loves the Derby Seabiscuit Chardonnay Bridlewood Viognier Wildhorse Chardonnay And some horsey red wines!
Dorothy Lane Springboro Friday, May 2, 2008 3-8 pm Tortoise Creek Viognier 2007 Rock Point Pinot Noir 2007 Domaine Boisson Cores du Rhone 2005 Corte Alla Flora Vine Noblile 2004 Palazzo Red Napa Valley 2005 Mystery wine
Saturday, May 3, 2008 12-5 pm Verget Chablis “Montee de Tonnerre” 2006 Nicholas Rossignol Savigny-Les-Beaune 1er Cru “Lavienas” 2005 Nicholas Rossignol Pernard-Vergelesses 1er Cru “Les Fichots” 2005 Peacock Cabernet Spring Mtn 2003 Felix Callejo RSV Ribera del Duero 2003
Cuvee Wine Bar and Cellar, 4457 State Route 725 Bellbrook Tuesday - Thursday 11:30 - 7 pm, Friday 11:30 - 8 pm Saturday 11:30 - 7 pm www.cuveewinebar.net Tasting from Friday, May 2 -Thursday, May 8, 2008 Gazela Vinho Verde Basa 2007 White Table Wine De V Chardonnay 2007 Drylands 2006 Pinot Noir Atteca 2006 Old Vine Grenache Pascual Toso 2007 Malbec
Beer: Pyramid Hefe Weizen Food: TBA
Saturday, 10 minute chair massages 12:30-3:30.
May 14, 2008 5-7 Big Aussie Tasting
Arrow Centerville 937-433-6778 615 Lyons Rd Centerville Friday, May 2, 2008 5-7 pm Beer Tasting Bud Light Lime- It’s finally here… Bear Republic Brewing Company Racer IPA… Bear Republic Brewing Company Red Rocket Ale… New Holland Brewing Company Quintessential Ale… Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA…
Saturday, May 3, 2008 11 am-5 pm Wine Tasting 2005 Bernard Griffin Fume Blanc… 2005 Six Masters Chardonnay… 2006 Stonewolf Pinot Noir… 2004 Six Masters Shiraz… 2005 Montebuena Rioja… 2005 Alta Vista Grand Reserve Malbec
Rue Dumaine www.ruedumainerestaurant.com Tuesday, May 6, 2008 5-7 pm WELLINGTON Zinfandel Sonoma Valley, 2003 SEQUUM Zinfandel Napa Valley Kidd Ranch, 2004 CAROL SHELTON Zinfandel Rockpile Vineyard Rocky Reserve, 2005
The Wine Gallery and Cafe, Corner of 3rd and Wayne Wednesday, May 7, 2008 5:30-8:30 pm Wine Tasting
Special Tasting May 21st from 5:30pm to 8:30pm with Tony Cotturi featuring 5 organic wines.
Market Wine Imports, Second Street Public Market Saturday, May 3, 2008 8AM to 1PM. Value wine tasting!
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar 937-320-9548 Wine Tasting Wednesdays 5pm to 8pm in the bar. Wednesday, May 7, 2008 FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH COMPARISON TASTING Flight One DOMAINE CHANDON Brut California NV Loosen Bros Riesling Dr. L. Mosel-Saar-Rewer 2006 JEWEL Viognier California, 2005
WENTE Livermore Valley Karl Wente The Nth Degree, 2004
Flight Two ESTANCIA Santa Lucia Highlands Stonewall Vineyard, 2005 HARTFORD COURT Sonoma Coast Land’s Edge, 2005 SCOTT HARVEY Amador County Mountain Selection, 2004
ROSENBLUM Dry Creek Valley Rockpile Road Vineyard, 2005
A Taste of Wine 90 S. Main St Miamisburg, OH 937.247-1120 This week’s wines: Broadbent Vinho Verde, Franciscan Sauvignon Blanc, George Dubeuf Pouilly-Fuisse, Lioco Indica, Gabarda III, Rabbit Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Grown.
Thursday, May 1, 2008 Touring Europe through Rose filled Glasses 7pm Saturday, May 3, 2008 Run for the Roses and from 12 - 2 pm, Making Sangria Contest with Tasting & Judging 2:15 - 6 pm.
Trader Joe’s in Kettering. Tastings Thursday 6:00 to 8:00 and Sunday 4:00 to 7:00. Blason de Bourgogne Cuvee Brut (NV) AOC Cremant de Bourgogne Meridian off-dry Rosé (2006) California Greg Norman California Estates Petite Sirah (2005) AVA Paso Robles, California And for Cinco de Mayo: Trader José Premium Lager and Dark Premium Lager, from Cerveceria Alta in Tecate, Mexico.
Cork-n-Vine Wine Cellar in Troy, Ohio May 2, 2008 at 5 pm - May 9, 2008 White Flight List Simi Rosetto Meridian Pinot Grigio Columbia Riesling Napa Cellars Chardonnay
Red Flight List Puentas Tiovas Crianza Pillar Box Reserve Shiraz Atlas Peak Cabernet Estancia Shiraz
Miami Valley Wine & Spirits 943 West Main St., Tipp City, Oh. 45371 Friday May 2, 2008 5-9pm 8 3oz pours of beer and broasted wings and potatoes.
Bella Vino Wine Merchant & Bar, Springboro, OH 45066 Thursday, May 1, 2008 5:30-7:30pm. Saturday, May 3, from 2:00-4:00 Celebrating Cinco de Mayo Veramonte Sauvignon Blanc Broquel Chardonnay Trapiche Oak Cask Pinot Noir Broquel Malbec Veramonte Primus Blend
Little Sonoma, 6078 West Chester Road, West Chester, OH 45069.513-942-9463. Located two blocks north of Union Centre Blvd. at the corner of Muhlhauser and West Chester Roads www.LittleSonomaWines.com Friday, May 2, 2008 7 pm Awesome Australians from The Grateful Palate Importers Saturday, May 3, 2008 3-6 pm - Marvelous Merlots Friday, May 9, 2008 5-8 pm - 90 Point Wines Saturday, May 10, 2008 3-6 pm - Affordable Washington Wines
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By Nancy
May 4, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this
Um… I think no one agrees with you since there are no comments! Keep up the great column!