Spring has sprung, the grass has riz, and I know where all the flowers is…. In my back yard, which I can’t get to because all of the darn rain. Ugh! Last night Jose and I were with the winemaking team of May-Britt and Denis Malbec. Denis is a third generation winemaker from Château Latour. May-Britt is a [...]
It’s so perfect. Miss Dumas, my sophomore English teacher delivered this, the first day of school in her class. It was her introduction for what she expected from us… Good, better, best, Never let it rest, Until the good is better, And the better is best… Receiving the book Good, Better, Best Wines for review led me to assume that I [...]
I have a category called, “You’ve got to be kidding me.” I rarely use it, because I’d rather rave than rants (publicist in me). But, everyone now and then, something hits me emotionally; and, before I even sleep on it, I go spouting off on Wine Blog. It’s rare, but it does occasionally happen. Salud Scents was [...]
As the Riverside International Wine Competition deadline for submitting wine for evaluation comes close to an end (this coming Friday, April 9), Clark Smith has taken the time to further explain his ideas to me, about his and Dan Berger’s experimenting with standards reform. This Q&A is very revealing for what he and Dan believe, as [...]
There’s just something so cool about saying Walla Walla Wine. It trips off the tongue. Regarding “L’Ecole Nº 41,” I’m from Maine, where most people – when I was growing up there – were of French origin. Just think about it’s placement on the US map. It’s above the rest of the states, with the latitude [...]
Toast of the Town is an annual wine and food event, produced by Wine Enthusiast Magazine that I eagerly look forward to each year. It’s just so classy! Here’s the lineup for 2010: Thursday, April 8, 2010 at the Atlanta Georgia Aquarium Thursday, April 22, 2010 at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House Thursday, May 6, 2010 at [...]
Image via Wikipedia The year is 2047. After having colonized the moon, man’s search for space has resulted in a successful landing on Mars, where twenty years previously new life forms were discovered. Man has been scrutinizing the Red Planet for centuries, but now that Martians have been clearly identified, we have sent our [...]
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Wine tours that begin with bubbly are an auspicious way to start a day with family and friends, and that’s how a day in wine country began with family (my husband Jose) and friends (Oak Knoll’s president Greg Lint, and winemaker Jeff Herinckx). Above, Mathew Levy is showing Greg Lint (center) and Jeff Herinckx (right) where Schramsberg [...]
What a great marketing effort by Trefethen. First of all, who doesn’t love to get packages in the mail? Secondly, who doesn’t love a practical joke? Thirdly… We’re all headed toward April Fool’s day, and Trefethen has just nailed it! In an effort to get my attention, they sent their new release to me… A bottle of Trefethen Family [...]
This morning, I had my nimble assistant Ms. Chloe pull the names from my Winner’s Hat. Chloe’s my five year old grand daughter, with more energy than a Richard Scarry character from Busy Town, so pulling six names was an exercise in “Nope, only one, let’s try that again.” But we got it done. And here are the [...]
[SIDEBAR: Five copies of the book Corked, by Kathryn Borel, will be given away this Saturday. Just leave a comment on today's blog entry, to be registered to win. Winners will be announced on Saturday.] Third party endorsements are what turn us one, regardless of what anyone wants to say. We crave what [...]
[SIDEBAR: Five copies of the book Corked, by Kathryn Borel, will be given away this Saturday. Just leave a comment on today's blog entry, to be registered to win. Winners will be announced on Saturday.] Because you’re reading this blog, the Austrian Trade Commission has provided a special code, in order to give [...]
[SIDEBAR: Five copies of the book Corked, by Kathryn Borel, will be given away this Saturday. Just leave a comment on today's blog entry, to be registered to win. Winners will be announced on Saturday.] The very first wine writer that I discovered who really loves Petite Sirah is Dan Berger. I’ve since identified a lot more, [...]
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