Grapes and Varietal’s
It’s the holidays, and this time of year, everyone needs a cheese platter and, well, maybe a glass of wine to go with it. Deanna of Wineivore is leading the Italian Food Wine & Travel Writers (#ItalianFWT) on an exploration...
This month the Italian Food, Wine, and Travel Writers were invited to a “Cavalcade of Chianti” hosted by Liz Barrett of What’s in that Bottle? Well, it was meant to be hosted by Liz. Liz got things all set, then...
#MerlotMe It’s #MerlotMe folks, and I have a few more wines to tell you about! 1st I suppose I should explain #MerlotMe. October is International Merlot Month and during this month lovers of Merlot unite and share their favorite Merlots...
#MerlotMe It’s that time of year again! #MerlotMe! The time of year when we say, “Screw You, Miles! We love Merlot!” Each year in October (which is, BTW, International Merlot Month), Merlot enthusiasts unite and toast this wine that, due...
International Grenache Day 2022 It’s Grenache Day and, though I have a habit of only realizing it is a grape holiday just before, or sometimes just after dinner, today I got the message early! Now don’t think that I don’t...
Episode 4 of Discovering Wine Country On this episode of Discovering Wine Country, we head to the high desert of Washington’s Yakima Valley. We will discover the five nested AVAs of the Yakima Valley AVA and visit some vineyards, including...
You should always drink Vermentino in the sunlight. I know you can drink it at night, it will still be delicious, but Vermentino, more in my opinion than other white wines, tastes much better in sunlight. The afternoon sun was...
In this episode of Discovering Wine Country, we take you to the California Coast and Santa Barbara. While the beach and the city are beautiful, we will take you beyond to the wine county that sits a little further inland....
Languedoc was long thought of as a region that created bulk wines. These wines were inexpensive quaffers. Grapes were grown for quantity. Then some winemakers decided to invest their energy in better wines, being in touch with the soils and...
Rolling sun drenched hills and hauntingly beautiful views that seem to go on forever. That is much of Alentejo. Spring landscape in Alentejo Portugal Adobe Stock By StockPhotosArt Alentejo Alentejo is the largest province in Portugal, covering 1/3 of the...
Discovering Wine Country …sounds like a great plan, doesn’t it? In this series we immerse ourselves in local wine regions and we take you along. We will explore regions, meet winemakers and vignerons, and taste wine of course. Wine is...
The #WorldWineTravel writers have been traveling virtually through Australia this year. I raised my hand to host the discussion on New South Wales White Wines. We had visited the region in “the before times”. It was our last trip in...
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