Jack and Joanne of Fork & Bottle are hosting January’s WBW. The theme is the spectacular, incredible, nearly unbeatable white wines from the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Northeastern Italy (with a touch of Slovenia).
All of the details are here - and, this is the permanent url.
Dust off those white wine glasses, get yourself to that Italian-savvy wine store, and explore the wonders of the white wine world, the sensational vino biancos of Friuli.
In what looks like a new participation record, Sonadora from Wannabe Wino has posted her summary of WBW 40, Que Sirah Sirah. Over 50 blogger participated reviewing scores of Petite Sirah, with many great values. Thanks to all for participating, Sonadora for a great job hosting and watch for the announcement of WBW 41 coming soon.
Think of it as a show case for your photographs and extra publicity for your hard work in participating in the regular fun that is Wine Blogging Wednesday.
The ‘rules’ are simple - one photograph a month in support of your WBW blog post. Tag the photograph wbw and “wine blogging wednesday” and include a link in the description field. And that’s it.
You need a flickr account (obviously) but if you haven’t got one already the free version allows up to 200 photographs. Head to the group page - http://www.flickr.com/groups/wine_blogging_wednesday/ and join. Then once your photos are uploaded use the send to group drop down to have them listed.
This is definitely one of the best Petite Sirah’s I have ever tasted. It was recommended that the wine be decanted and allowed to breath for about 3, but I was not that patient. I did decant and wait about two hours. The wait was worth it. This inky blue/purple wine is packed with flavor. Robust and powerful with hints of blueberries, blackberries, and spice, the mouth feel is silky and sensuous. I can’t wait to open another bottle at Christmas to share with family and friends.
One of the hazards of writing multiple blogs is you forget to update one of them sometimes. After posting a summary and announcement on my personal wine blog I neglected to publish the same information here. Sorry about that.
Anyway, Neil did a fine job summarizing Wine Blogging Wednesday 39 over at Brooklynguy’s Wine and Food Blog. In all, over thirty bloggers reviewed over 50 wines from Burgundy’s more reasonable appellations. Check out the complete write-up here.
Meanwhile, Sonadora from Wannabe Wino announced the theme for the 40th virtual tasting: Que Sirah Sirah. She’s asked us to find Petite Sirah or Durif based wines and post our entries by December 12th. That’s only a week from now so consider this a reminder.
Hope to see you participate on you own blog or right here. Just register and post your entry and one of us will approve and post to this feed.
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