Month: April 2015

• Zinfandel Rising #Winestudio Wrap-Up

  

  Protocol Wine Studio took to the virtual wine tasting world in March to explore one powerful grape: Zinfandel. I am a huge lover of red Zinfandel but apparently all do not share my love of the versatile grape. Furthermore, Zinfandel can be mysterious to some so let’s take some time to explore the world of…

  Michelle Williams

  April 8, 2015

  #WineStudio, Beekeeper Cellars, Food, Hobo Wine Company, Le Metro Wines, Motown, Music, Precedent Zinfandel, Protocol Wine Studio, The Temptations, Wine, Zinfandel, Zinfandel Advocates and Producers, Zinfandel Heritage Vineyard Project

  2012 Heritage Zinfandel, Aaron Epstein, Beekeeper 2012 Rockpile Zinfandel, Beekeeper Cellars, Chris Leamy, Cooking Light, Evangelho Vineyard Zinfandel, food, Hobo Wine Comany, Ian Blackburn, Le Metro Wine, Mowtown, Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Pinterest, Precedent, recipes, Rockpile AVA, Sonoma County, Terra d’Oro Winery, The Temptations, University of California Davis, wine, Zinfandel, Zinfandel Advocates and Producers, Zinfandel Heritage Vineyard Project

• Wine Madness: And the Winner Is…

  The Madness is over for this year and the winner is Duke University Blue Devils.  You know what that means wine lovers; the winning grape is: Ezerjo! And in case you missed the last March Madness article, here is a bit of information on the Ezerjo grape: Ezerjo: This white Hungarian grape variety is grown…

  Michelle Williams

  April 7, 2015

  Basketball, Ezerjo, March Madness, Music, Wine

  Basketball, bracketology, brackets, Curtis Blow, Duke University Blue Devils, Ezerjo, March Madness, Men’s NCAA March Madness 2015, NCAA

• Three Outstanding Wines for Passover

  

  Passover began on Friday, April 3 and lasts eight days. It is a Jewish celebration in remembrance of the Israelites Exodus from Egypt as told in the book of Exodus, chapters 1-15. The most significant Passover observance is the avoidance of leaven bread throughout the entire holiday. This avoidance commemorates the fact that the Jews…

  Michelle Williams

  April 6, 2015

  Baron Herzog, Carmel Winery, Celebration, Food, Kosher, Maccabeats, Passover, Psagot Wine Cellars, Royal Wine Corp, Wine

  Baron Edmond de Rothschild, Baron Herzog, Carmel Winery, Carmel Winery Appelllation Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 Galilee, food, kosher, music, Passover, Psagot, Psagot Edom 2012 Red Wine Judean Hills, Royal Wine Corporation, Seder, The Maccabeats, wine

• Celebrating Sicily on #ItalianFWT

  Our April journey with #ItalianFWT takes us to the lovely Italian island of Sicily. Due to the date of April’s #ItalianFWT I was considering passing up this month’s Italian journey since I have been working so much on Easter and Passover articles. However, when the creator of #ItalianFWT, Jennifer of Vino Travels, announced our April…

  Michelle Williams

  April 4, 2015

  #ItalianFWT, Donnafugata, Food, Italy, Music, Sicily, Travel, Wine

  #ItalianFWT, Donnafugata, Donnafugata Sedara Sicilia DOC Rosso, Italian food, Italian wine, Italy, jazz, music, Nero d’Avola, Palermo, Recipe, Sicilian food, Sicily, travel, vacation, wine

• Perfect Wine Pairings for Easter Lunch & Dinner

  This is the second in a two part series on pairing wine with your Easter meals. Monday’s article, “Make Your Easter Brunch Sparkle,” featured recommendations from myself and fellow bloggers I follow on sparkling wines to pair with your Easter brunch celebration. However, not everyone celebrates Easter with brunch; therefore, this article features wines to…

  Michelle Williams

  April 2, 2015

  A to Z, Cabernet Franc, Carmen, Carmenere, celebrate, Chateau Miraval, Chenin Blanc, Cline Cellars, dinner, Easter, Family, Food, Four Brix Winery, Friends, Grace Estate, Grenache Blanc, Indaba, lunch, Margerum, McPherson Cellars, Piatelli, Pinot Noir, Rose, Syrah, Torrontes, Wine, Zinfandel

  A to Z 2012 Oregon Pinot Noir, Carmen Gran Reserve 2011 Carmenere, celebrate, Chateau Miraval 2014 Cotes de Provence, Cline Cellars 2012 Zinfandel, Colson Canyon Vineyard, Easter, family, food, Four Brix Winery Desirous 2012 Grenache Blanc, French Wine, friends, Grace Estate Winery 2012 Cabernet Franc, Indaba 2013 Chenin Blanc, Margerum 2010 Syrah, McPheson Cellars Les Copains 2013 Dry Rose, music, Oregon Wine, Piatelli Torrontes 2012 Premium Reserve, Santa Barbara County, SBC Wine, TXwine, VAwine, wine, Wines of Chile