The winner of the Champagne edition of the Wine-o Collective was:
Diebolt-Vallois 2002 Blanc de Blanc

The best wine we tasted from Southern Rhone was…

Domaine Du Pere Pape 2003 La Crau de Ma Mere Chateauneuf du Pape – WC score: 92
Purchased by Dan H and Hillary
Runners up:
Domaine de Montvac 2005 Vacqueyras Blanc – WC score: 90 – brought by Dan H
Domaine Richaud 2005 Cotes du Rhone Villages “l Ebrescade” – WC score: 90 – brought by Nicole [...]

It doesn’t quite get Gary’s point across as well as his own Wine Library TV episode but it is damn entertaining and funny. Go check it out.

Katie sent this photo which I thought was blogworthy:

There must be something better to do with Beaujolais Nouveau. Unless it’s Gorges DeBouf, in which case bathing japanese children in it might be the best option.

I didn’t find anything on the web about anyone else ever getting snakes on the nose of a wine. But here is something scary and disgusting: snake wine.

As you all know, I just came back from a fantastic trip to Peru. Along the way I got to try some of the local booze including Cusqueña beer, Tacama wine, and the popular cocktail Pisco Sour.
When I got back, I looked up the Tacama winery and found that it’s in the Valley of [...]

There is really no interesting wine drinking to report from the weekend except that Charles Shaw and orange soda still make a decent ghetto sangria.

This is the start of something that will be either completely useless or a bit of fun.
I’m still working on the wineo database, which is getting closer to an unveiling state. I’ll let everyone know when it’s ready for mass consumption.
Dan

We don’t really know yet. We’ll see as it progresses.