Tag: California
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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…
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Twisted Cedar Wines: Connecting Land & #Wine
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when I say Native American Wine? Do you think it is a wine crafted from a flower like dandelion wine, or perhaps a type of distilled beverage like grappa? What if I told you the Cedar Band of Paiutes were crafting high quality wines with an…
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Grgich Hills Merlot: Sipping an Icon
Grgich Hills Winery and Mike Grgich are American Icons. For wine lovers the “Paris Tasting” in 1976, which awarded the 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay, crafted by Miljenko “Mike” Grgich, as the best white wine in world, is as much a part of American history as the Lunar landing and the Miracle on Ice hockey game.…
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Rombauer: Keeping It Real with Great #Wine
I recently attended an event where the key note speaker told the crowd it takes five seconds to make an impression; after that initial impression it takes eight subsequent encounters to change the initial impression. For some this news is negative, for others it is positive. Really it all depends on how the first impression…
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Winter Solstice with Donkey & Goat #Wine
Darkness falls across the land on the longest day of year. An astronomical phenomenon in the Northern Hemisphere where the earth’s tilt on its axis is at the farthest point from the sun and the sun’s daily maximum elevation is at its lowest is known as the Winter or December Solstice. In truth the solstice…
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Celebrate Thanksgiving Lodi Style
When you think of Thanksgiving what are the first thoughts that come to your mind? Do you think gratitude for a year’s worth of blessings? Perhaps football? Shopping? Or maybe please give me enough alcohol to get me through this day with my family? Did you know more wine is consumed on Thanksgiving in the…
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Old World or New World: What’s Your Style
While I am in Italy I’d like to share with you an article I wrote earlier this year. Please read and share your thoughts…. Lately I have seen a lot of discussion of an ongoing topic in the wine industry: old world style winemaking versus new world style winemaking; or as eloquently summed up in…
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Volcanic Wine: Erupting with Flavor
Imagine an explosion of epic proportions. Hot lava, rocks and gas billowing from the earth with mammoth force. The sky quickly filling with massive plumes of smoke as viscous magma oozes down the sides of the mountain engulfing everything in its path. The immediate result of the erupting volcano’s pyroclastic flows, heavy falls of ash…
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Celebrate California Wine Month Along the CA Highway 1 Discovery Route
Enjoy Downtown and Rural Wine Tasting on the Pacific Coast Wine Trail and Taste through the award-winning Pinots and Chardonnays of the Edna and Arroyo Grande Valleys, some of California’s Coolest Winegrowing Regions. California Wine Month, held every September during harvest, makes travel to the three award-winning wine regions found along CA’s Highway 1 Discovery Route even more exciting.…
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What Does Sustainability Taste Like?
We all use various criteria when selecting wine to purchase. Price, varietal, occasion, food pairing, wine producer, wine growing region and vintage are among the many things we consider when standing in the aisles of our favorite wine retailer or perusing a restaurant wine list. How often do you consider eco-friendly, sustainable practices of the…
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