Dave McIntyre

My 5th annual selection of 12 “Greatest Values” of the year, all under $20. #wine

Barboursville Vineyards has new ownership, but the message is continuity for Virginia #wine. dmwineline.substack.com/p/virginias-mo…

Virginia's Most Prominent Winery Sold open.substack.com/pub/dmwineline…

You think your #wine cellar's special? Try aging your wines in a geological wonder. A Cave-Aged Novelty Delights open.substack.com/pub/dmwineline…

Tasting Dirt open.substack.com/pub/dmwineline…

If you think environmental claims on #wine labels are "greenwashing," then you don’t know DIRT. open.substack.com/pub/dmwineline…

This may be a controversial stance, as oenogeeks are almost all champagne lovers, but many U.S. bubblies are absolutely top notch! #wine open.substack.com/pub/dmwineline…

Everybody seems to be writing about Portugal these days. And drunk raccoons. #wine On the WineLine, 8 December 2025 open.substack.com/pub/dmwineline…

Portugal's Amazing Diversity #wine open.substack.com/pub/dmwineline…

Uh-oh, I thought. I mentioned the wrong Rothschild! She thought I had mixed up Mouton and Lafite, the ultimate impostor mistake. That Time I Stood Up Baroness Philippine de Rothschild open.substack.com/pub/dmwineline…

Thirty years already? Time flies when you're writing about #wine. A writing career spanning three decades open.substack.com/pub/dmwineline…

You can close your eyes and point at a wine list in Portugal, and you’ll find a gem. Letter from Porto open.substack.com/pub/dmwineline…

Letter from Porto open.substack.com/pub/dmwineline…

Congratulations to Windridge Vineyards for winning the 2025 Maryland Governor's Cup! And to The Crossvines for winning the Jack Aellen Cup for best fruit wine, cider or mead. open.substack.com/pub/dmwineline…

Mimi Casteel would like a conversation about the regenerative revolution she helped launch. open.substack.com/pub/dmwineline…

A very moving thread.

So much wine writing these days seems to be about, well, wine writing. I’m all for navel gazing, but I’d rather look at mine, not yours. That said, there are some newsworthy articles this week. open.substack.com/pub/dmwineline…

@tedcruz @grok So they both do it. That’s not the point. Texas is already gerrymandered and now they’re rejiggering the districts out of process to achieve a greater advantage because the GOP knows its policies are unpopular and they will lose next year without cheating.

Hey @grok Examine states with six or more congressional seats. Compile a list of the five most egregious gerrymanders, defined as the biggest delta between the percentage of the congressional delegation a party wins & the percentage that party wins statewide. Which party is it?

Looking for delicious, affordable unoaked chardonnay? Petit Chablis is your answer #wine #winelover There’s Nothing Small About Petit Chablis open.substack.com/pub/dmwineline…

@cyrusjohnson @julie_kelly2 There have been former presidents ever since there was a second president.

@julie_kelly2 A permanent disgrace to those did this anti-American act in the name of “America.” Shame. 3rd world bullshit. We do not raid the homes of Presidents. They actually just made up the legal construct of “former President” which before Trump did not even exist.

In her 2024 autobiography, Melania Trump said this about the armed FBI raid of her home, which included agents rummaging through her bedroom suite and that of her teenaged son: "I never imagined such an invasion of privacy and violation of rights could occur in my adoptive country, It was with a tremendous sense of sadness that I realized such unlawful acts were now possible here. Americans need to understand the dangers posed by a federal government that feels entitled to invade our homes and our lives.”

Olivier Krug doesn't want to talk tariffs open.substack.com/pub/dmwineline…