Food and Wine Pairing: Fish tacos with Tequila Lime Aioli
Date: Fri, Aug 22, 2008 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
This is one of my favorite recipes, at any time of year, but at summer it’s extra special because you can pair it with a crisp white and it becomes a more ethereal experience. I really enjoy these tacos with the Yorkville Cellars Sauvignon Blanc. The flavors meld beautifully, and I like the way the [...]
We’re giving away Gary Vaynerchuk’s book!
Date: Thu, Aug 21, 2008 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
Our “101 Wines” in 101 Days contest started on August 1, 2008. Every day until November 9, 2008 (that’s 101 days later), we are giving away a copy of Gary Vaynerchuk’s book, 101 Wines Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to your World! Now, you might be thinking to yourself, “How can I enter to [...]
Organic Wine: If it isn’t 100% Organic, then its … Organic?
Date: Wed, Aug 20, 2008 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
The standards for growing and selling organic foods are determined and regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). I will delve into these standards and the issues surrounding them in my next post. For now, we must understand the technical framework for the four different classifications using the Organic title on alcohol beverage [...]
I’ve got a fever… and the only prescription… is MORE PUPPIES!
Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
Stacy and Chico When it came time to decide what the AW team wanted to do for community service, it didn’t take long for us to agree on animals. Fortunately, or unfortunately, the Humane Society can always use more volunteers. So I dragged Zeb out of bed and to the Walla Walla Farmer’s Market on Saturday morning, [...]
Styrofoam vs. Cardboard: First to Decompose Wins!
Date: Thu, Aug 14, 2008 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
Why? That is my question. Why use styrofoam (expanded polystyrene foam) packaging? Granted, not everybody cares about the environment. Some say that styrofoam takes 900 years to decompose. Others say 2,000. What do I think? WE DON’T KNOW! This material was developed in the 1940’s. Maybe if Jesus had thought of it and started a [...]
Oh Canada! Our Wine and Not So Native Grapes
Date: Tue, Aug 12, 2008 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
Yesterday I drove from Seattle to Mission, British Columbia, a town north of Sumas, WA - only about fifteen minutes from the U.S. border. Meeting up with my Canadian father who “immigrated” to Canada about ten years ago, it has been a few years since I have been up there and I thought it prudent [...]
Survey Says
Date: Mon, Aug 11, 2008 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
There are a few things we love at AmericanWinery.com: Wine (of course), our customers, free stuff, and Gary Vaynerchuk. In an exciting new promotion we’ve managed to combine all of these together for a fun giveaway that is free to enter. For starters, if you have yet to sign-up at AmericanWinery.com, there’s never been a better [...]
Wine Biz Radio Interview at WITS
Date: Fri, Aug 8, 2008 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
I recently attended WITS and had a lot of fun. I met a lot of really cool people (big ups to Jeff/Jason of ShipCompliant, Bart from O’Brien Estate, WITS organizers Smoke and Lesley, and many others…), got to connect with several of our winery partners there such as Jonathan from Francis Ford Coppola Presents, Patrick [...]
Erica Sharp on Gary Vaynerchuk’s 101 Wines
Date: Fri, Aug 1, 2008 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
I love to read I really didn’t know what to think when Gary Vaynerchuk announced on “The Thunder Show” that he had written a book. Gary’s unbridled enthusiasm is perfect for the medium of video, but I wasn’t sure how his personality would translate to the written word. Two paragraphs into 101 Wines and I could tell [...]
Erica Sharp on Gary Vaynerchuk’s 101 Wines
Date: Fri, Aug 1, 2008 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
I love to read I really didn’t know what to think when Gary Vaynerchuk announced on “The Thunder Show” that he had written a book. Gary’s unbridled enthusiasm is perfect for the medium of video, but I wasn’t sure how his personality would translate to the written word. Two paragraphs into 101 Wines and I could tell [...]
Crystal Bradley on Gary Vaynerchuk’s 101 Wines
Date: Fri, Aug 1, 2008 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
101 Wines Guaranteed To Inspire, Delight, And Bring Thunder To Your World Oak Monster, Darth Vadar–dark, paintball blackberries and poop are just a few of the many reasons I emailed Gary and asked for a copy of his book–101 Wines Guaranteed To Inspire, Delight, And Bring Thunder To Your World. I have a love/wanna-slap-duct-tape-on-Gary’s-mouth relationship with “The Thunder [...]
Lloyd Benedict on Gary Vaynerchuk’s 101 Wines
Date: Fri, Aug 1, 2008 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
Gary Vaynerchuk. I admit, I never would have recognized this name two years ago. But in two very short years (perhaps less) this name and the wine-infused, palate-drenching, non-traditional approach to wine his name symbolizes has had an infectious effect on wine consumers world wide. I had the pleasure of meeting Gary just before the wild [...]
Food and Wine Pairing: Tri-tip Steak and Syrah
Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2008 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
I am a child of the sun; I thoroughly enjoy the warm weather and everything that comes with it, from hanging out on the river to backyard Bar-B-Q-ing. Grilling is not as hard as people make it out to be, but you have to understand how hot your grill is! One of my favorite items [...]
Five questions for Gary Vaynerchuk
Date: Wed, Jul 30, 2008 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
I am a member of the Vayner-nation! Gary Vaynerchuk My first brush with Gary Vaynerchuk, star of Wine Library TV and author of the new book 101 Wines Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight and Bring Thunder to your World, came at this year’s Taste Washington event in Seattle, Washington. Gary hosted one of the seminars and taped an [...]
