Beneath The Cork…finally there is a blog site dedicated to straightforward, fun, and sometimes even funny wine reviews in South Carolina’s Midlands. All without the flowery, eye-rolling wine-snob hyperbole.
“If it tastes like peach pie or has a nose like KFC coleslaw, that’s more than likely what we’re going write,” says Publisher Dan Hanfland, a retired wine-industry veteran, chairman of the local American Wine Society Chapter, and creator of the blog.
With wine experience dating back to the mid-70s when the fledgling California wine industry was coming of age, Hanfland’s candid approach to reviewing and describing wines is a welcome breath of fresh air.
“Recently releases are sniffed, swirled, sloshed, and slurped by ‘The Crew’”, adds Hanfland. “This cadre of six to eight tasters and reviewers is an eclectic and constantly-changing cross-section of folks from every boulevard, boardwalk, and back road of life, each with a unique set of wine tasting and evaluation skills.
“Who knows, this week’s collection of brutally candid and sometimes downright hilarious comments might come from a restaurant owner, a lawyer, and a piano tuner. Next months, ‘Crew’ might be a chemist, a pastor, and a yoga instructor.
“Lots of different and unique folks enjoy a lot of different and unique wines…all in unique and different price ranges. Everybody has a palate – some sophisticated, some pedestrian. And an opinion…lord knows, they ALL have an opinion!”
“Who’s to say any one is more or less valid than another? That’s why we select such a diverse array of folks to sit in on our tasting panels.”
Completely accessible and all together approachable, there is, finally, a real-people wine blog in the Midlands of South Carolina. Whether it’s red, white, or somewhere in-between, Beneath The Cork offers fresh, fun, and hype-free tasting notes and discussions without all the frou-frou cork-dork wine-ponce dialect.
Don’t miss a single issue of Beneath The Cork! We’re confident that it’s about to become your go-to guide to some of the best bottles and best buys out there! On the often over-crowded playing field of retail wine shelves in South Carolina’s Midlands, it’s nice to finally have some easy-to-understand, accurate, and candid buying advice.
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There’s no need to stay thirsty, my friends!