HeyJaredBigger Than Your Head
wine reviews and commentary on the wine industry, since 2006
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Absent Me from Felicity Awhile (opens the original)
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Dear Readers — I wish to explain my recent and continuing absence from these pages.Last Thursday morning, about 6:30, I went into the backyard to retrieve one of our dogs that was out there after his breakfast feeding. This has been our habit for many years. He would come into the house, receive two — always two — treats, and go into the garage where he would nap for a while. The sky was deep blue this morning last week, the day still and warm. My tea and toast were waiting.B
Wine of the Day, No. 905 (opens the original)
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As you can see, the front label of this wine tells you immediately what’s up: “Hey, I’m a chillable red!” Though the back label states that you can drink it either chilled or unchilled. We tried it both ways.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" h
Whites and Rosés, Unusual and Delicious (opens the original)
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Some of the grapes featured in the wines under review in this post will be unfamiliar to My Readers. A couple of them were new to me, and I’ve been at this business for more than 40 years. Perhaps that phenomenon is a reflection of the broadening of vinous scope for importers and winemakers, of a willingness to assay new things and make the risky bet that consumers will follow. Read more
The Virginia Wines Governor’s Cup Competition for 2026 (opens the original)
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It’s always fun to write about the annual Virginia Governor’s Cup Competition, this time for 2026. Judged by a panel in a rigorous process overseen by judging director Frank Morgan, this selection of 12 wines provides a snapshot of what’s going on, wine-wise, in the Blue Ridge State. What’s going on seems to be a transition from the ubiquitous and seemi… Read more
Do We Care that Today Is “National Red Wine Day”? (opens the original)
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National Red Wine Day was created in 2014 by Jace Shoemaker-Galloway, a prolific children’s book author, animal-care advocate and holiday writer. She has created 26 “national holidays,” including Prevent Plagiarism Day (Feb. 19), Keep Off the Grass Day (April 21), Silly Sayings Day (Oct. 13), Green Bean Casserole Day (Dec. 3), and, naturally, White Wine Day (Aug. 4). Read more
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