Month: August 2016

• Tom Gore #Wine ~ A Farmer’s Tale

  

  When my son was a young boy he loved trucks, as a result he wanted to be a construction worker so he could drive a truck like a digger or a dump truck. As he got older he became a competitive hockey player so for a few years he wanted to be in the NHL…

  Michelle Williams

  August 8, 2016

  California, Music, Wine

  Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Chardonnay, farmer, farming, music, Sauvignon Blanc, Tom Gore, Tom Gore Vineyards, Tom Gore Wines, Waylon Jennings, wine

• #Food & #Wine Pairing: Going Hardcore Carnivore with Troon Wines

  

  This is a particularly fun food and wine pairing article for me to share with you. Fun because it features three wines instead of one. Fun because these wines are new releases from Troon Vineyards that were shared with me from a legend in the wine world, Craig Camp. Fun because I am trying out…

  Michelle Williams

  August 6, 2016

  Applegate Valley AVA, Food, Music, Oregon, ORwine, Troon Vineyard, Wine

  Applegate Valley, Applegate Valley AVA, Craig Camp, food, Hardcore Carnivore, Malbec, music, Oregon, ORwine, Rolling Stones, Tannat, Troon 2013 Malbec, Troon Estate Tannat 2013, Troon Vineyard, wine, wine and food pairing

• Rosé All Day ~ That’s What I Say

  

  I am not going to deny it. I am a shameless lover of Rosé. There is no one perfect wine. However, there are wines that pair with a wider variety of foods than other wines. Sparkling wines for one. Riesling also works. And then there is Rosé. The “wine of summer.” Well I say no!…

  Michelle Williams

  August 3, 2016

  #WineStudio, Music, Rose, Sonoma County, Wine

  #winestudio, Angels and Cowboys, Angels and Cowboys 2015 Rosé Sonoma County, blending, Dry Creek Valley, maceration, Merlot, music, Passaggio, Passaggio 2015 Merlot Rosé Sonoma, Pedroncelli, Pedroncelli Winery 2015 Dry Rosé of Zinfandel Dry Creek Valley, Protocol Winestudio, Provençal, Rose, Saignee, Sonoma County, summer, wine, World Party, Zinfandel

• Stepping Out of the White #Wine Rut

  

  Is there a difference between a rut and a routine? Let’s say you eat pizza every Friday night. Pizza is awesome! So is that a rut or a routine? What if you eat the exact same pizza from the same pizza place and drink the exact same bottle of wine with that pizza every Friday…

  Michelle Williams

  August 1, 2016

  Music, white wine, Wine

  Argyros Santorini 2014 Assyrtiko DO, Arneis, Assyrtiko, Austia, Chenin Blanc, Ducktails, Furmint, Furmint USA, Glatzer Gruner Veltliner 2014, Grüner Veltliner, Greece, Hungary, Italy, music, Pajzos Tokaj T Furmint 2014, Roero, Santorini, Secateurs Badenhorst Family Wines Chenin Blanc 2015, South Africa, Vietti Roero Arneis 2014 DOCG, white wine, wine, Wines of Austria, Wines of Greece, Wines of Hungary, Wines of South Africa