Category: Cabernet Franc

• Join in the #CabFrancDay Celebration

  

  It’s an age old tale of forbidden romance resulting in a child out of wedlock. This child, a son, has a rivalry with his father. The child grows to become a confident, assured, ruler. He is loved by all, adored throughout the world. The rivalry begins to dwindle because the son has all the power,…

  Michelle Williams

  December 4, 2017

  #CabFrancDay, Cabernet Franc, Wine, wine review, winetastiing

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• A Bounty of Cabernet Franc

  

  It’s an age old tale of forbidden romance resulting in a child out of wedlock. This child, a son, has a rivalry with his father. The child grows to become a confident, assured, ruler. He is loved by all, adored throughout the world. The rivalry begins to dwindle because the son has all the power,…

  Michelle Williams

  December 10, 2016

  #CabFrancDay, #WinePW, Cabernet Franc, Food, Wine, Wine Pairing Weekend

  #CabFrancDay, #WinePW, 2013 Ehlers Estate Cabernet Franc St Helena USA, 2013 Gibbs Napa Valley Carpenter Vineyard Cabernet Franc St Helena USA, 2014 Brecon Estate Cabernet Franc Paso Robles USA, 2014 Robiero Cabernet Franc New York State USA, 2015 Leah Jørgensen Cellars Blanc de Cabernet Franc Oregon USA, 2015 Leah Jørgensen Cellars Cabernet Franc Oregon USA, Cabernet Franc, food, food and wine pairings, music, wine, wine and food pairing, Wine Pairing Weekend

• Celebrate #CabFrancDay with Dracaena Winery

  

  Do you like stories of forbidden romance? Some of our greatest works fiction over the years have featured forbidden romances, such as Romeo and Juliet and Lancelot and Guinevere. Then of course there are the classic love affairs that have defined moments in history, such as Marc Antony and Cleopatra and Napoléon and Joséphine. But…

  Michelle Williams

  December 2, 2015

  #CabFrancDay, Cabernet Franc, Dracaena Winery, Food, Paso Robles, Wine

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• Cool Spring Night? Warm Up with Cornerstone Cellars

  In some of my last few articles I mentioned how pleasant the weather was last month in Dallas. Well one axiom with Dallas weather is no matter how pleasant a week or month began, the weather can and will change in a moment. As spring weather swings from quite warm to quite cool like a…

  Michelle Williams

  April 24, 2015

  Cabernet Franc, Confessions of a Culinary Diva, Cornerstone Cellars, Music, Napa Valley, Recipe, spring, Wine

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• Spring Sippin with Breaux Vineyards

  

  It’s time once again for March’s edition of Virginia Wine Chat. This #VAWinechat took us to Purcellville in Loudon County Virginia and Breaux Vineyards. This month our host Frank Morgan of Drink What YOU Like was joined by Breaux’s winemaker Heather Munden and Jennifer Breaux Blosser, the general manager at Breaux. If you would like…

  Michelle Williams

  April 13, 2015

  #VAWinechat, Breaux Vineyards, Cabernet Franc, Food, Friends, Heart, Meritage, Merlot, Music, Virginia, Virginia Wine, Wine

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• 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

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• An Awesome Wines of Chile Tasting

  

  I was recently invited to attend a wonderful wine tasting event. Wines of Chile hosted a Chilean Wine 4.0 Master Class at III Forks in Dallas. We tasted 16 delicious Chilean wines each hand selected by Master Sommelier Evan Goldstein. Evan has a passion for wine education; thus he President and Chief Education Officer of…

  Michelle Williams

  November 12, 2014

  Black Box, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Carmenere, Chardonnay, Dallas, Full Circle Wines, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Wines of Chile, Winetasting

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• Discovering the Colonial Wine Trail on #VAWinechat

  

  October brought another exciting edition of Virginia Wine Chat as we explored four wineries on the Colonial Wine Trail: James River Cellars, Saude Creek Winery, New Kent Winery, and Williamsburg Winery. I continue to feel so honored to participate in #VAWinechat. Although I am fairly new to the Virginia wine scene (I have now tasted…

  Michelle Williams

  November 7, 2014

  #VAWinechat, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Colonial Wine Trail, James River Cellars, Music, New Kent Winery, Ray Charles, Saude Creek Winery, Traminette, Virginia, Virginia Wines, Williamsburg Winery, Wine, Winetasting

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• Celebrating Virginia Wine Month

  I have exciting news for all you winelovers out there: October is Virginia Wine Month! What? You have never had wine from Virginia? Then I have even better news for you, since today is October 1st you have 31 days to either travel to, hunt down in your local wine retailers or order online some…

  Michelle Williams

  October 1, 2014

  #VAWinechat, Cabernet Franc, Food, Grace Estates Winery, KIng Family Vineyard, Meritage, Monticello AVA, Music, Veritas Vineyard, Viognier, Virginia, Virginia Wines, Wine, Winetasting

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• Millbrook Winery: I Love NY

  The last winery we visited on #WineStudio’s August journey through the Liquid Voices of Hudson Valley was Millbrook Vineyards and Winery. Millbrook Winery has been called the “Hudson Valley flagship winery” by the New York Times as well as “a great place to visit” by The Wall Street Journal. The hour long #WineStudio class tasting…

  Michelle Williams

  September 5, 2014

  #WineStudio, Cabernet Franc, Food, Hudson Valley, Music, New York, Protocol Wine Studio, Recipe, Rolling Stones, Summer, Tocai Friulano, Wine

  #winestudio, Cabernet Franc, food, Fun, Hudson Valley, Millbrook Vineyards and Winery, Protocol Wine Studio, Rolling Stones, summer, Tocai Friulano, wine, Winelover