Month: January 2019

• Forbes Article: Obstacles Emerging Wine Regions Must Overcome 

  

  My latest Forbes article is one of the most fulfilling I have written. It looks at obstacles emerging wine regions must overcome through the experiences of nine wine makers in Texas, Arizona, and Idaho. I pitched this article idea to many major wine publications, digital and print. It was declined time and again because the […]

  Michelle Williams

  January 24, 2019

  Forbes, Wine, wine review

  Arizona wine, Bending Branch Winery, Brennan Vineyards, Dos Cabezas Wine Works, emerging wine regions, Hat Ranch Winery, Idaho wine, obstacles, Page Cellars, Pedernales Cellars, Pillsbury Wine Company, Sawtooth Winery, Spicewood Cellars, Ste Chapelle Winery, Texas wine, wine, wine review

• Forbes Article: Celebrating Heroic Viticulture with Donnafugata’s Ben Ryè

  

  Pantelleria, a remote island off the coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, is home to “heroic viticulture – strong wind, little rainfall, absence of natural ground water, steep terraces, and isolated position,” explains Antonio Rallo, Winemaker at Donnafugata. Yet, this unforgiving land produces one of Italy’s most sought after sweet wines – Ben Ryè. […]

  Michelle Williams

  January 18, 2019

  Donnafugata, Italian wine, Italy, Travel, Wine, wine review, Winetasting

  Ben Rye, Donnafugata, Forbes, Italian wine, Italy, Pantelleria, Sicily, wine, wine review, wine tasting

• Hook & Barrel Magazine Article: Chowing Down With Trey Chapman

  

  Recently, I had the fun opportunity to interview a fellow Texan and foodie, Trey Chapman, for Hook & Barrel Magazine. Although it is a print publication, they share some of the print articles digitally as well. Please take a moment to meet a self-proclaimed “ultimate food experience guy,” you’ll find a delicious wild boar recipe […]

  Michelle Williams

  January 16, 2019

  Uncategorized

  food, foodie, Hook & Barrel Magazine, Recipe, Trey Chapma, Trey’s Chowdown

• Top 20 Wine Blogs In The USA To Follow In 2018

  

  This past year has been crazy in an awesome way, ushering many changes and adjustments. I just celebrated my two year anniversary contributing to Snooth (thank you LinkedIn for the reminder), saw a cool gig with USA Today’s Eat, Sip, Trip come and go as they restructure, I contributed to a few interesting digital and […]

  Michelle Williams

  January 15, 2019

  Wine, wine review, Winetasting

  Rockin Red Blog, Snooth, Top 20 Wine Blogs In The USA to Follow in 2018, USA Wine Rating, wine, wine blog, wine writer

• Forbes Article: Look To The Douro For High Quality Bordeaux Style Wine

  

  The Symington Family is known for crafting some of the world’s finest Port, but did you know they also produce a premium Bordeaux-style red wine in partnership with Bordeaux’s Bruno Prats? “This is an exciting moment for the wine world—when a grand old terroir is rediscovering itself through dry reds [that are] unlike any wines produced […]

  Michelle Williams

  January 14, 2019

  Forbes, Wine, wine review, Winetasting

  Bruno Prats, Douro, Forbes, Portugal, Prats & Symington, Symington Family Estates, wine, wine review, wine tasting

• Exploring Argentinian Wine with the Zuccardi Family #WinePW

  

  As winter sets in across most of the United States, our Wine Pairing Weekend group is taking a virtual journey to the southern hemisphere for warmer weather as we explore the world of Argentinian wines.

  Michelle Williams

  January 11, 2019

  #WinePW, Argentina, Argentinian wines, Food, Travel, Wine, wine review, Winetasting

  #WinePW, Argentina, Bodegas Santa Julia, Bonarda, Familia Zuccardi, food and wine pairings, Malbec, Mendoza, wine, wine and food pairing, wine review, Wines of Argentina, Winesellers, winetasting, Zuccari