Joe Roberts
Joe Roberts is the founder of 1WineDude.com, one of the most influential and popular wine blogs in the U.S., and the first website specifically targeted at Intermediate wine lovers. In 2013, Joe was named the 15th most influential person in the U.S. wine business in IntoWine.com’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in the U.S. Wine Industry. 1WineDude.com has received numerous awards, including being named Best Wine Blog in both the 2009 Foodbuzz Blog Awards and the 2010 Wine Blog Awards. Joe previously authored the “Wined Down With Joe Roberts” wine column on Playboy.com, and has contributed to outlets as diverse as Publix Grape Magazine, PalatePress.com, Mint.com, Wines.com, and Joe Roberts holds the Level 3 Advanced Certificate in Wine & Spirits from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, the Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) qualification from the Society of Wine Educators, and the Wine Location Specialist (WLS) qualification from the Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC) and the Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto (IVDP).
Articles by Joe Roberts:
- What Can We Learn from the World’s Top Rosé Wines?
- The Rising Impact of Washington State’s Wine Scene
- Changing Tides: How On-Premise Pros Are Riding the Wave of Changes Hitting the U.S. Wine Market
- Why Wine Certifications Are More Relevant Than Ever
- Wine on the (Volcanic) Rocks
- An Oregon AVA Flood of Epic Proportions
- The Lemberger Revolution in New Jersey
- Everything You Need to Know About Sparkling Wine
- Chile's Carignan Renaissance
- How the Australian Wildfires has Impacted the Wine Industry
- Straight-Talk with Smith-Madrone’s Stu Smith
- Sicily’s Unsung Grapes: Grillo and Zibibbo
- The Oldest "New" Fine Wine Grape
- The New Austrian Sparkling Wine Quality Pyramid