This month's #Winophiles is staring the year with great ideas for newcomers to French wines. There are so many great posts that will be part of this series with lots of educational information for all. Jeff, from FoodWineClick.Com has already written some extensive ones which you can find here and here. My approach to this... Continue Reading →
Monday Musings: Wine Tariffs and the Havoc they will Wreak in the Industry
While some in the media portray the wine industry as overwrought with much ado about nothing as it contemplates 100% Tariffs on European wines, others take a more nuanced approach such as Jon Bonné in this recent piece on CNN.com. Where he talks about the economic harm that the tariffs will create in terms of... Continue Reading →
Heart Goes Out To All Australians, Their Animals & Their Wine Industry
With so much going on in the wine world in the US with impending tariffs, politically with impeachment and possible war with Iran, I haven't been keeping as up to date as I should have about Australia's fires. Today I read many articles about what is happening and it is heartbreaking on so many levels... Continue Reading →
Wine Wednesday: The House of Lustau
Today's Wine Wednesday is about the House of Lustau's wines which were part of a certification program which I completed this summer during the Society of Wine Educators annual conference. This historic family's history began in 1896 with the planting of grapes on the family’s state - Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza by Emilio Lustau.... Continue Reading →
The Lion King – Sipping Graham Beck Sparkling Wine
Tonight I am fulfilling a promise to my nephew and taking him to the Lion King. It's been a long time coming, maybe four years but the cost of the show seemed so outrageous. Earlier on it would have been two tickets but now it's three since my five year old is of course coming... Continue Reading →
Buona Befana!!
Gearing up for the end of the winter holidays, everyone makes numerous resolutions, including me. One of mine is to write more copy on this blog and posting on other people's blogs. Thank goodness for the blogging groups I participate in #ItalianFWT, #WinePW, #Winophiles, without which I think I may have stopped writing. I love... Continue Reading →
Three Noble Red Grapes that Help to Navigate the Italian Peninsula – #ItalianFWT
Happy New Year. This will be my first post of 2020 and it is fitting that it should be part of the #ItalianFWT blogging circle which this month is dedicated to introducing Italian Wine to a curious friend. Nothing could be more up my alley since I've spent 23 years studying Italian wine formally, 12 working... Continue Reading →