Tag: Chardonnay
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Montes Alpha Pairs Perfectly with Fall
Montes is a well-known name in Chilean wine. In fact, Aurello Montes Sr. is considered a founding father in the modern Chilean wine industry. With over thirty-five years of oenological expertise, Montes has remained at the forefront of reshaping and reimaging Chilean wine. In 2008 Ernst and Young named him “Entrepreneur of the Year” and…
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Exploring Massachusetts Wine with Travessia Urban Winery
I thoroughly enjoy wine exploration. Wine is now produced in all 50 of the United States. I look forward to each opportunity that arises to try new wines from all over the US as well as each wine producing country and region in the world; the possibilities are truly endless. Therefore, when I received an…
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Tuesday Night’s Alright for Bubbles
The next stop on August #Winestudio Session XVI took us to the oldest continuously operating winery in the United States: Brotherhood Vineyards. You will recall from my article “A Soulful White Rose” reviewing Whitecliff Vineyard’s White Rose wine that the French Huguenots were the first to plant grape vines in the Hudson Valley in 1677.…
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Tour de France for Winelovers
I taught indoor cycling classes for many years. July was my favorite time of year because I would adapt stages from the Tour de France into an hour long killer cycling class. I particularly liked to simulate the climbs through the Pyrenees Mountains. Though I still feel cycling is the best form of cardio, due…
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Friends, Food and French Wine…the journey continues
Good friends are invaluable. I have a very special group of girl friends. We met in graduate school three years ago. We are all different ages, have different ages of children, and are on varying career journeys; however, the seven of us thoroughly enjoy each other’s company. We meet for lunch regularly and when our…
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Chillin’ With An Arrogant Frog
As you know I proclaimed this my summer for expanding my knowledge of French wine. It has been an awesome journey and I have written many posts sharing my journey with you. A great blessing occurred regarding my journey in early June. I received an email from McCue Communications inviting me to be one of…
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South African Wine is So Fine
Recently WineTastic hosted another great tasting featuring wine from South Africa. WineTastic is owned by Terry Burney and offers a great variety of wine tastings and classes, as well as an awesome selection of wines for purchase by the bottle, glass or taste. As I have written in the past, WineTastic is one of our…
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Butter and Spice make Friday Night Nice
We have an annual spring tradition with our dear friends Cindy and Robert: Greek food and wine! Zorbas is a local Greek restaurant owned and operated by Pavalous Guiatas. Zorbas’ mission is simple: to serve authentic, home-style Greek food from family recipes. Eating at Zorbas is like dining at a friend’s house; the atmosphere is…
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Celebrating #ChardDay with Wente Vineyards
May 22 was National Chardonnay Day; a day where wine drinkers all over lifted a glass of chardonnay to thank the illustrious grape for all the joy it has provided wine lovers. Once again there was a virtual celebration on Twitter. All were invited to participate in a thirty minute chat sponsored by Wente Vineyards…
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