Change Your 2023 Wine Routine, Reach for the Jura! #Winophiles
The tiny Jura region is filled with traditional and modern style wines. i invite you to discover a few of both with me today!
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Negroamaro – Three Styles from Puglia + Food Pairings
Cold weather and gray skies mean reaching for wines that remind me of sunshine. Let me introduce you to the Negroamaro grape variety and an extremely tasty dish.
Generations of Women in Epernay – Champagne Élodie D.
Champagne Élodie D. is a sustainable grower producer with plots in Montagne de Reims and a tasting room in Epernay. I’m celebrating with one of her vintage Pinot Noir champagnes today!
Celebrating Fall in France with Cèpes
Wild mushroom lovers it’s Cèp season here in France (and around Europe and in the States). This deeply tasty variety is delicious sautéed and paired with wine.
Welcome Spring with South Australian White Wine #WorldWineTravel
When was the last time you had a white wine from South Australia? March 2022 takes our #WorldWineTravel group to South Australia where we focus solely on white wine. Yes, you read correctly. We are exploring white wines in an Australian state where reds rule! Hosting the group this month, below I provide a high-level overview of the region, which… Read more »
Cellar Barbara Forés Abrisa’t, A Mother – Daughter Wine Goes Brisado
Today we share a holiday week wine from Granache Blanc pioneer Cellar Barbara Forés. Called ‘brisado’ in Spanish (orange wine), here Granacha Blanca (white Grenache) is skin-macerated and aged in clay amphorae 6-months. This method was a traditional and locally called ‘brisados’ then somewhere as time passed was forgotten. Mother daughter team Carmen Ferrer and Pili Sanmartín Ferrer decided to… Read more »
Reaching for Barbaresco with Marco and Vittorio Adriano (#ItalianFWT)
Autumn means changing colors and cooler temperatures. For me, especially on chillier evenings, it also means grabbing a red wine, make that Barbaresco.
Heading to Aragón’s Valdejalón with Bodegas Frontonio (#WorldWineTravel)
On a trip to Aragón a few years ago, we had the opportunity to delve into the wines of this somewhat isolated Spanish region. Basing ourselves in the historic city Zaragoza, we visited vineyards and wineries to obtain an overview of the area, the land (where rainfall is in short supply) and the varied faces of Garnacha. One in particular… Read more »
Fred Loimer Grüner Veltliner Freshens the Day
Spring is transition time, a deliberate shift from the heaviness of winter to outward energy and light. Loimer’s Grüners are a shift from light to great pleasure. Austria put itself on the wine map via one grape, Grüner Veltliner. It’s the leader among grape varieties in the country and thriving in 41% of the total vine area. To learn more… Read more »
Unconventional in Castilla y Leon – Ismael Gozalo and MicroBio Wines #WorldWineTravel
Ismael Gozalo thrives on microbial communities in his Segovian land and cellar at MicroBio Wines in Castilla y Leon. These microbes are paying off!