Well, I’ve been home for a week now since my record-breaking-quick, cross country venture to Portland, Oregon for the Beer Bloggers Conference and I’m sorry to say I haven’t written down my thoughts from the conference yet. Between catching up on emails, other office duties and, of course, dealing with the insane end-of-summer weather of [...]
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Beer Bloggers Conference 2011 – It Drank Pretty Good
August 30th, 2011 
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Tags: #BBC11, Beer Bloggers Conference, Heineken USA, Newcastle seasonal beers, Portland Oregon 
2 Comments »Small Brands Can Shine in New Competition
August 29th, 2011 admin Making the latest splash in the spirits competition scene is MicroLiquor.com and the launch of the site’s latest campaign, the MicroLiquor Spirit Awards. Unlike many other spirits competitions, the MicroLiquor Awards are unique in that entry to the competition is tailored exclusively to small and emerging brands in the US marketplace. To be eligible, liquor [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Mandarine Napoleon, MicroLiquor, MicroLiquor Spirit Awards, small liquor brands, spirit competitions No Comments »Gary Vee Calls it Quits
August 24th, 2011 admin In a surprise announcement yesterday Gary Vaynerchuk of the erstwhile Wine Library TV aka “The Thunder Show” and most recently host of Daily Grape announced his retirement from wine. So what? Well for those of you who don’t know Gary, he’s been a force in revolutionizing and democratizing the way wine is tasted, reviewed, promoted [...]
Brancott Estate – A Taste with Jim Robertson
August 11th, 2011 admin Wednesday night Steve and I met with an elite group of NYC bloggers to taste through the delicious offerings of Brancott Estate and hear about the brands ins and outs first-hand from Global Brand Ambassador, Jim Robertson. The weather was one that New York City does not often have – perfect. Not too hot, not [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: brancott estate, marlborough wine, new zealand, new zealand wine, pernod ricard, pernod ricard usa, pinot grigio, pinot noir, summer wine, white wines, wine No Comments »International Beer Day 2011
August 5th, 2011 admin It’s here once again – today is International Beer Day! It doesn’t take much twisting of my arm to convince me to open up a beer in celebration, especially one with such widespread camaraderie as this. However, it is really nice to be reminded just how connected our niche community of beer enthusiasts really is. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Beer Bloggers Conference, Industry Beer Bloggers, International Beer Day, Portland Oregon, Thomas Hooker Brewery No Comments »