Back at last year’s Wine Blogger Conference, I met Kelly from Gallo Family Estates. She sat next to me at the speed dating/live blogging/whatever you want to call it first event where we were introduced rapidly to about 14 wines. At the time, I think she was a little bemused by the flurry of activity, [...]
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Last week I wrote about part one of our visit to Judd’s Hill. I still owe you a post on the most kick-ass bbq fun ever but that will have to wait for a day when it’s not so nice out and I’m more motivated to sit on my couch and type up a report. [...]
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Today I continue my series spotlighting some of my favorite wine blogs . I read a lot of wine blogs. Somewhere in the vicinity of 400-500 a day (if they post that often). I subscribe to almost every wine blog out there because I want to see what’s going on with everyone across the board. [...]
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Dear fellow bloggers, winery folks, social media people, and PR firms- We still need help to meet the last bit of demand for the Wine Blogger Conference Scholarships. It would be absolutely fabulous if we could meet the need of all the wonderful bloggers who have applied for assistance, but we need you to dig [...]
I have a fondness for Sauvignon Blanc. I especially like the ones that are crisp, refreshing, and mouth-watering good. I don’t often find Sauvignon Blanc compelling though. It’s a great drink for the hot summer days, in my humble opinion, but not something to really ponder and dwell on. However, this one made me sit [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Humanitas Wines. While out visiting in Sonoma last month, we sadly crossed wires with Judd of Michel Schlumberger and weren’t able to visit at the winery. However, Judd had a bottle of wine he wanted me to try so he ran by Zin where we were [...]
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For our final stop of the day with Jo and her family, we visited Robert Biale Vineyards. We must have happened by at the right time as we were lucky enough to meet family patriarch Aldo Biale. Pictured above, Aldo, Jo, me, and Dave Pramuk. We enjoyed a leisurely tasting on the back patio with [...]
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We had bratwurst for dinner last night and I thought sausage=fairly light red wine. So I pulled a bottle of the 2005 Camellia Cellars Sangiovese from the basement. I probably should have had a beer…it seems like a more natural match with bratwurst, but a you know by now, wine is my thing, so wine [...]
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It hasn’t taken us long to jump into the wines we purchased on our most recent CA trip. I’ll attribute this at least partially to the fact that prior to the trip I had maybe 4 bottles of Rosé and 10 bottles of white wine left in the basement. We brought home about a case [...]
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I have been listening to the call of white wine, despite unusually cold spring temperatures here. No idea what’s going on with the weather this year, but if we jump from cold to hellishly hot muggy swamp without a nice spring period, I think I’ll cry. Big crocodile tears. We usually only get maybe 2 [...]
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