I wrote this post about Susanna many years ago. I am reposting it because I'm about to be a panelist on a webinar where she is speaking. We’ve been friends now for a long time and I have come to appreciate Susanna in so many ways. I have been tasting and drinking Susanna’s wines... Continue Reading →
Women In Wine Fridays: A Chat With Wanda Mann of Black Dress Traveler
Today's post is a chat with Wanda Mann of Black Dress Traveler. I met Wanda about five years ago through a mutual friend. In the intervening years, I've seen Wanda everywhere in the wine world and have come to appreciate her craft and her joy in what she's doing. 1. How did you get into... Continue Reading →
Women In Wine Fridays: Meet Meg Houston Maker of Makerstable.com
This week's piece on women in wine focuses on Meg Houston Maker of Makerstable.com. I met Meg some years ago at a conference in New York and have followed her writing as she travels around the globe. One of the things I like about her writing is her use of language. She is very precise... Continue Reading →
Women In Wine Fridays: Adele Tolli-Capela From ValueVines On Portuguese Wines
Today's post is part of my Women in Wine Fridays series. This week's post is a question and answer with Adele Tolli-Capela from Value Vines. I met Adele on a recent trip to the Tejo region in Portugal. I was impressed with her spirit and knowledge of Portuguese wines so I asked if I could... Continue Reading →
Women in Wine: Miss Jane Nickles Who Introduced Me To Texan Wines
Sometimes you meet people only for a brief moment in time and they leave a big impression on you. Sometimes of course the opposite is true, even of people you have known for many years. Miss Jane A. Nickles, CWE is one of those people who left a mark on me after taking one of... Continue Reading →
Women in Wine: Lucia Barzano’ from Il Mosnel
Avvinare started as a blog about Italian women in wine, a subject that has fascinated me for many years. As always happens, you start in one area and end up writing about many other areas as well but my 2013 resolution is to make posts about women in wine one of the main series on... Continue Reading →
Val di Cornia, Suvereto – Gualdo Del Re, Newest DOCG
This morning I feel an overwhelming desire to be in Tuscany. I haven't been in three months which arguably isn't that long in the scope of things but I'm feeling the need to "sciacquare i panni nell'Arno." An expression which literally means to rinse your clothes in the Arno but figuratively means to go to... Continue Reading →
Norway In My Thoughts & Prayers & Norwegian Women In Wine
Norway is on my mind today. I watch in horror as news of the tragedy that happened in that beautiful country races across our screens of all sizes. It's hard to fathom how these atrocities continue to happen. I have difficulty processing it all. I decided to write something about Norway today because Norway oddly... Continue Reading →
TwitterTherapy – Lessons from Ms. Bond
Yes, it's Thursday and I should be blogging about Italian indigenous grapes but my head is overwhelmed with my first serious day of tweeting, retweeting and improving my Twitter etiquette. All of this was spurred by a morning breakfast with Ms. Bond aka Cynthia who I wrote about here. Needless to say, any mistakes I... Continue Reading →
Women in Wine, Indigenous Varieties: Great Articles On My Favorite Subjects
As readers of my blog know, I am very focused on women in wine in general and Italian women in wine in particular. I'm not the only one who writes about this subject. Check out this blog post from Tom Hyland. Nice article Tom. It's Thursday and I said I would be writing about indigenous... Continue Reading →