Gary from Wine Library TV has asked Mott to link up the 59 participants of WBW 44 over at the WLTV forums. Lots of links to check out to find some nice Cabernet Franc from France. Seems like Gary might have also encouraged some more first time participants to our monthly virtual tasting, which is all very good stuff.
For next month, I will again host and I’ve picked my favorite white variety, Riesling as the theme. But I wanted to celebrate the wines made where I think the best examples are found in Northern Europe. So pick up a wine made from Riesling grown in Germany, France’s Alsace, Austria, Northern Italy, the Czech Republic or Slovenia and post your notes by May 7th. If you don’t have a blog, just register and post here.
Can we crack 60 participants next time? I think so…
Joel has posted a fine summary of the entries to WBW 43 over at Wine Life Today. In all, a nice turnout and some great stories & wines were blogged. Many thanks are in order to host Joel who welcomed his second daughter into the world just a few days shy of this Wine Blogging Wednesday.
Next month’s theme will be announced shortly but I have a feeling we’ll be picking wines from Bourgueil, Chinon and Saumur-Champigny.
Stay tuned.
Andrew has posted a summary of WBW 42 over at Spittoon. Quite a nice turnout of more than 50 bloggers who used only 7 words in their reviews of Italian red wines.
Joel over at Wine Life Today is the host for next month’s tasting which will be held in just 2 weeks time. His theme is comfort wines where we can choose our favorite wine to unwind with. Join us on March 5th for the comforting results.
The mission this month was to explore Friuli-Venezia Giulia white wine. Some participants had a hard time finding anything more than a basic-level Tocai Friulano and Pinot Grigio. But most of those who found a superior bottle enjoyed a very good wine…and even some who didn’t found a very nice wine. One person even stumbled upon a Pinot Grigio of the Gods (2004 Lis Neris Gris)!
There were quite a few first time participants for this event. There were also six international contributors: three from the UK, and one each from Italy, the Netherlands and Hong Kong.
Enough…head to Fork & Bottle’s Roundup page for links and text to more than 40 participants, along with commentary and bonus linkage.
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.
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.
I’ve very late posting here but Gabriella and Ryan posted a great summary of WBW 38 over at Catavino some time ago. They mapped most of the entries making for a very interesting way to read reviews of Portuguese table wines.
Neil from Brooklynguy’s Wine and Food Blog also announced the theme for WBW 39 as “Silver” Burgundy. Instead of wines from the Côte d’Or (gold coast), he suggests we sample wines from some more reasonable appellations of Côte Chalonnaise and the Mâconnais.
There is still more than a week to find your wine and write it up. Join us November 14th and remember you can post here if you don’t have a blog. Just register, login and write your draft. One of us will post to the site and let Neil know so it can be included in the summary.
Cheers!
Michelle and Kevin over at My Wine Education have posted a great summary of WBW 35. Over 40 bloggers wrote about their Spanish wine finds, many choosing to review more than just one. The result is about 100 Spanish values with only a couple wines to avoid.
Great job, guys!
Well it’s really still in progress as I post this on Friday… check out the nearly complete summary of our virtual tasting event here. Thanks to Catie at Through The Walla Walla Grape Vine blog for a fine theme and great write-up.
Marcus posted his summary for WBW 33 some weeks back but I’m a bit late with my link here. Check out all the Languedoc-Roussillon value wines in his round-up here.
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