The Drunken Cyclist
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The blog is a creative outlet where the author writes about a few of his passions. The author loves wine as well as cycling therefore he named his blog 'The Drunken Cyclist' as he thought he would write about wine and cycling but, not too far along, his focus became almost exclusively on wine.
The Drunken Cyclist
2d ago
Over the course of a week, I taste a bunch of wine, usually with friends, and almost always with my wife. Here are some of the wines we tasted over the past few weeks. These are wines that were not sent as ..read more
The Drunken Cyclist
1w ago
It is time for another edition of “Random Samples”–I occasionally get samples from marketing agencies and/or producers. These can often be grouped together into some sort of over-arching theme: Drink Them and It Will Come, Summer is Here, So That Means ..read more
The Drunken Cyclist
1w ago
Before a handful of years ago, I could count on that same hands the number of Tannats that I had tried in my life and all (all but one) of those I had tasted with the person that I still ..read more
The Drunken Cyclist
1w ago
Over the course of a week, I taste a bunch of wine, usually with friends, and almost always with my wife. Here are some of the wines we tasted over the past few weeks. These are wines that were not sent as ..read more
The Drunken Cyclist
1w ago
Sebastian is our fifteen-year-old son and he says some of the funniest things–we have no idea where he gets his material since his mother and I are rather boring, serious people. OK. Fair warning. There is some colorful language below ..read more
The Drunken Cyclist
1w ago
It is time for another edition of “Random Samples”–I occasionally get samples from marketing agencies and/or producers. These can often be grouped together into some sort of over-arching theme: Drink Them and It Will Come, Summer is Here, So That Means ..read more
The Drunken Cyclist
2w ago
It has been another crazy week here in Houston following Hurricane Beryl, which devastated the area once again. In my opinion, it would have been much, much worse had it not been preceded by a couple months by the derecho (a uni-directional ..read more
The Drunken Cyclist
2w ago
While I had planned for a more substantial post this morning, Hurricane Beryl had other thoughts. We are all safe as of now but currently without power, listening to the intense winds and heavy rain compete for dominance outside. Hopefully ..read more
The Drunken Cyclist
3w ago
Way back when, once I started receiving sample bottles of wine to review, I made a simple vow: I would try and evaluate every bottle I received. At the time, it did not seem like that big of a deal since ..read more
The Drunken Cyclist
3w ago
There is a ton of wine content available on a daily basis and frankly, most of it is not very good, which is why I do not spend very much time reading it. A couple of months ago, however, two ..read more