Welcome

So, what's going on here?

I'm Matt, also known as the Elm City Wino. I had a blog for a while over at www.elmcitywino.com. Alright, I still have it, but I've let it lag in favor of much more glorious pursuits (Twitter -- @MattUva, and Bicycles -- scorchers.tk).
Aside from wine, I'm a social media junkie. Efforts from the Scorchers Blog have resulted in an entire team of sponsored riders, one rider sponsored by a much larger company, and a homegrown bicycle race in which we gave away over $16,000 worth of donated prizes to the 65 or so entrants. I tweet over on the Twitter at @MattUva. I've got a Facebook, a MySpace, a LinkedIn, even a MustLoveWine. Most of these are at my hip "on the regular" via an iPhone, a Blackberry, and an HTC Windows Mobile phone. I've got a laptop somewhere, too.
I currently work as a wine professional with one of Connecticut's more nerdy wine distributors. I've traveled to 100+ vineyards in the past year. I get to taste some pretty wild things on a daily basis. One of the most memorable of recent tastings was 2004 Grange with winemaker Peter Gago. Without getting into too much machismo, I think I've got this wine thing down.
My wife and I recently moved to Wallingford, CT. As it turns out, Wallingford has a winery -- Gouveia Vineyards. Surprisingly, after years of total wine addiction, I had never visited a CT winery. One lazy Sunday we decided to hit it up -- it was either that or do the dishes, so, well, yeah. We didn't go into the experience with high hopes and, well, we weren't disappointed. I was, however amazed at the quality of a few of the wines, to the point where I felt the need to share.

So here it is. I'm sharing.

My goal is to visit every CT winery throughout the course of this blog. I intend to be brutally honest whilst reviewing these wines, whether the "victim" is the winery, or the wine "establishment". I hope to give you, the reader, a real-life assessment of what CT's farm wineries have to offer.

There are rumblings in traditional wine media right now that give rise to a belief that good wine, made with care, can be made just about anywhere. I'm going to put that to the test.

Enjoy the read, and please give me feedback!
Cheers,
-elmcitywino