Month: July 2016

• #Wine Closures: It’s An Open & Shut Case

  

  Did you know 30% of all wines on the market are sealed with a closure other than cork? There are many practical reasons to select a wine closure other than cork. Economics is a big reason. Corks are expensive to produce and they are blamed for many a failed or TCA tainted bottle of wine.…

  Michelle Williams

  July 6, 2016

  Wine, wine closures

  Amorim, Clos Pepe, Coravin, Diam, Ken Wright Cellars, Loring Wine Company, natural cork, NDTech, Nomacorc, screw caps, stelvin, synthetic cork, TCA, Wes Hagen, wine, wine closures

• Rockin Red Blog is Heading to Basque Country

  

  I have some exciting news! Rockin Red Blog is heading to Basque Country! I have been invited to share the presentation I gave at Vinisud 2016 in Montpellier, France in February at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. It will be a quick trip. I am leaving tomorrow and returning Sunday. However, on Thursday, Friday, and…

  Michelle Williams

  July 4, 2016

  Basque Country, Spain, Travel, Wine

  #Basquewine, #HondarribiZuri, #RiojaAlavesa, #Txakoli, #TxakoliBizkaia, Baque Country, food, Laguardia, Polytech University of Valencia, Rioja Alavesa, Spain, travel, wine, Wines from Spain

• What Color is Your #Wine? Mine May Be Orange

  

  I love that there are so many colors of wine. Red wine has an array of vibrant colors from soft ruby to dark garnet to brooding inky violet. White wine also offers a beautiful selection of colors from almost translucent gold to deep straw. Of course Rosé comes in more colors than I can count;…

  Michelle Williams

  July 2, 2016

  #ItalianFWT, Food, Italian Food Wine Travel, Music, Travel, Wine

  #ItalianFWT, Casata Monfort, Casata Monfort 2014 Rosé Pinot Grigio, DNCE, Donkey and Goat, food, Italian Food Wine Travel, Italian wine, Italy, music, orange wine, travel, Vigneti delle Dolomiti, wine