Category: Charles Communication

• Onward Wines: Investing in Personal Connections

  

  There are many ways to label wines, corporate, native, biodynamic, organic, single vineyard, family, old world, new world, etc. But some wines defy explanations. These are the wines that march to the beat of their own drums. If all you ever experience of these wines is their taste in the glass you will certainly enjoy […]

  Michelle Williams

  May 29, 2017

  Charles Communication, virtual tasting, Wine

  2013 Onward Wines Hawkeye Ranch Redwood Valley Pinot Noir Redwood Valley USA, 2014 Onward Wines Casa Roja Carignane Contra Costa County USA, 2015 Onward Wines Cap Inn Ranch Malvasia Bianca Suisun Valley USA, 2016 Onward Wines Cap Inn Ranch Pét-Nat of Malvasia Bianca Suisun Valley USA, 2016 Onward Wines Rose of Pinot Noir Redwood Valley USA, Carignane, Charles Communications, Faith Armstrong Foster, Malvasia Bianca, Pét-Nat, Pinot Noir, virtual tasting, wine, wine review

• Cycles Gladiator: A Long Journey Home

  

  Provocative, sexy, undeniable…that’s Cycles Gladiator. What do you think of the naked red-headed beauty on the bike? It certainly attracts attention. So much attention in fact that the label is actually banned in Alabama due to its “racy content.” Personally, I love it. My husband and I attended a French poster exhibition at the Dallas […]

  Michelle Williams

  March 9, 2016

  Charles Communication, Cycles Gladiator, Music, Wine

  Adam LaZarre, Belle Époque, California, Charles Communication, Cycles Gladiator, Cycles Gladiator 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon, Cycles Gladiator 2014 Chardonnay, Cycles Gladiator 2014 Petite Sirah, Cycles Gladiator 2014 Pinot Noir, Le Bicycle Velocipede, music, The White Stripes, wine, Wine Hooligans, winetasting

• Ritual Wines: A Labor of Love

  

  What is your labor of love? For me, being a parent can be a labor of love. I don’t think there is anything else I do that is more important than stewarding my kids into being respectful, responsible, intelligent, philanthropic contributors to society. It is a role and a responsibility that comes, at times, with […]

  Michelle Williams

  February 22, 2016

  Charles Communication, Music, Ritual Wines, Wine, Wines of Chile, Winetasting

  #BrandLive, #RitualLive, biodynamic, Chardonnay, Charles Communication, music, organic, Pinot Noir, Ritual Wines, Rodrigo Soto, Sauvignon Blanc, Seal, sustainability, wine, Wines of Chile, winetasting

• Going Native in Lodi = Great Zinfandels

  

  In mid-June I had the great honor of participating in Charles Communication’s Brand Live Lodi Native/Lodi Live tasting event. This was the second Lodi wine tasting I was blessed to be inviting to join within a few weeks of each other. To learn more about the Lodi region overall please read “Living and Loving Lodi Wines.” […]

  Michelle Williams

  July 6, 2015

  #LodiLive, #LodiNative, California, Charles Communication, Lodi, Lodi Native, Music, Wine, Zinfandel

  #LodiLive, #LodiNative, Brand Live, California, CCR, Charles Communication, Lodi, Lodi Native, Marian’s Vineyard, music, Schmiedt Ranch, Soucie Vineyard, Stampede Vineyard, TruLux Vineyard, Wegat Vineyard, wine, Zinfandel