Comments on: Wine Blogging Wednesday 18: wine shops that feel the love

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:11:00 +0000

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:02:00 +0000

I couldn’t choose just one, so I did two.
http://fatmanspeaketh.blogspot.com

By: Per & Britt

Per & Britt — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 05:07:00 +0000

It is difficult to choose a single favourite... We did a few paris recommendations, one classic and one iconoclastic and one bonus suggestion. You can find them here:

The BKWine Brief Blog

The Wine Picture Blog

/Per & Britt, BKWine

By: radish

radish — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:46:00 +0000

definitely in. i’ll be posting about a little wine shop in brooklyn called smith & vine, which is tiny but packs tons of little gems. they hold wine tasting classes, lectures, and other foodie events. the owners, former employees of the famed Blue Hill restaurant, are friendly and are always happy to make a recommendation. tiny place – yet it far outshines some of the bigger stores with bigger inventories.

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:40:00 +0000

My favourite wine shop is in our village, about 90km from Cape Town, South Africa. Old Dalby is in a pretty house on the main road of Riebeek West. Inside you are surrounded by dozens of wonderful, less commercialized wines from our country’s many wonderful vineyards. The family who own it will advise you and no matter what your budget, you will leave with something wonderful.

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:33:00 +0000

Don't for get to send me an email with your posting on Feb 1. Cheers.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 18:06:00 +0000

We are IN! This gives us a chance to visit that new wine shop we have yet to check out. Thanks Dr. Vino for hosting!

Joe & Lori
'A Guy, a Girl, and a Bottle'

By: christopher

christopher — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:50:00 +0000

yeah!!! I have a great little wine shop in Shell Beach I have been looking toward tell the world about.

This is going to be fun and hopefully rewarding to our favorite wine shops.

ps.... new logo is up and ready for your download.

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:08:00 +0000

g58 and others who live in state-controlled areas (Utah),

why do you pick one state-controlled store over another? There must be a staffer who "feels the love"--maybe talk to him or her about what it's like to work in such an environment? (Some have even argued the advantages of such a system.) Or maybe you have visited a great wine store in your travels? Be creative! I hope nobody lets living in a control state prevent them from participating--you are clever enough to write about wines while living in such an environment so I'm sure you can work something out for this WBW.
Cheers,

By: jens at cincinnati wine

jens at cincinnati wine — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:32:00 +0000

Actually I heard that is the place to be on Friday night for wine tastings!

By: g58

g58 — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:32:00 +0000

I'll be watching this one from the sidelines. Up here in Quebec, as well as most of Canada and Northern Europe, wines sales are adminstrated by a state-controlled liquor monopoly. (That's kind of a hot topic right now for us since there's a pricing scandal going on.) But don't take that as reason to feel sorry for little old me -- my blog still has access to a wide range of wines and none of them even feature Russian text on the labels!

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:24:00 +0000

Har har Jens. Maybe you could use it as an excuse to hit a new shop in Dayton, OH (and have an offline with Mark)? Louisville? or Indy? or Chicago or New York?!?!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:21:00 +0000

Great theme! I look forward to reading about everyone’s favorite places.

By: jens at cincinnati wine

jens at cincinnati wine — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:09:00 +0000

This will be interesting and tough as I am familiar with one store in Madisonville that just changed names, but it will be difficult to get an objective choice out of the staff! Maybe I could fly out to California and visit Calistoga!

I think I will write up my SECOND favorite wine store.

jens