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Smackdown Recap:  California v Greece

California took down Greece in a battle of Olympic proportions at Downtown Wine and Spirits! Tyler Balliet and Jeff Golden served as refs for the smackdown, making sure it was a good, clean fight (AKA explaining what made the competing wines a good match and dropping knowledge about the regions).
While Greece took [...]

French Fatale Wine Dinner Recap

If you missed our French Fatale dinner, discover your inner Francophile by checking out the video recap and the list of wines we featured, along with a list of stores where you can find them! On Monday, May 24th one lucky group of winos got a whirlwind tour of what makes France so tasty at [...]

Wine Riot April 2010 Photo Booth Pictures

VIP Riot
Friday, April 16, 2010
from 7-11pm

Riot One
Saturday, April 17, 2010
from 1-5pm

Riot Two
Saturday, April 17, 2010
from 7-11pm

We at Second Glass hope you enjoyed the April 2010, completely sold out, Wine Riot! With over 250 different wines to sample it was quite the wine tasting and party. Check out all the pictures from our photo booth. In [...]

Behold: the photo booth pics from Wine Riot’s Friday Night of the Bubbles. See all the folks who attacked the booth, donned hilarious costumes and posed for our amusement.
To download individual photos check them out on the Second Glass Flickr Page or our Facebook Page.
Back to the pictures from the other April 2010 sessions.
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Behold: the photo booth pics from Wine Riot’s Saturday, Riot One session. See all the folks who attacked the booth, donned hilarious costumes and posed for our amusement.
To download individual photos check them out on the Second Glass Flickr Page or our Facebook Page.
Back to the pictures from the other April 2010 sessions.
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Behold: the photo booth pics from Wine Riot’s Saturday, Riot One session. See all the folks who attacked the booth, donned hilarious costumes and posed for our amusement.
To download individual photos check them out on the Second Glass Flickr Page or our Facebook Page.
Back to the pictures from the other April 2010 sessions.
[...]

Sparklers of the World, Unite!

Champagne may be the most famous sparkling wine in the world, but other wine regions make some excellent bubbles that can be had for a fraction of the price. Italy has been crafting spumantes (sparkling wines) for centuries. In fact, the Italians produce more sparkling wine than any other country in the world. [...]

The Hills are Alive with Austrian Wine

Despite having the better part of 4000 years of winemaking history behind it, Austrian wine doesn’t get a whole lot of play here in the States.  Whether it’s the hard to pronounce grape varietals, the heretofore unheard of growing regions, or perhaps their shady history with antifreeze, (several Austrian growers were busted in 1985 for [...]

Four Wines for the Passover Holiday

Passover is upon us, and that means that it’s Kosher wine’s time to shine. For a few syrupy-sweet days Manischewitz wine will get about as much play as a truck full of PBR at a hipster convention. A little bit of digging, however, at your local wine shop will turn up more than a few [...]

The ABC’s of Buying Italian Wine

Of all the major wine-producing regions, Italy is probably the most challenging.  There are three times as many officially sanctioned grape varietals as you’ll find in California, and hundreds of others that see regular use.  Where France has a handful of internationally renowned growing districts, there are dozens of constantly shifting production zones scattered all [...]

Mendoza: Malbec is King!

The thought of Argentina evokes images of a hot, dry landscape, a big, juicy steak simmering on the parilla, and an inky-red glass of Malbec. The Malbec varietal is now widely recognized as the crown jewel of Argentina’s wine producing regions. However, it was not so long ago that the reaction in the States would [...]