Tag: music
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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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Poggio Antico: A Feast for the Senses
This past holiday season was a bit of whirl wind for me. It was filled with great wine, fun tastings, dinners, friends and family. I took some time off from writing and just sat back and enjoyed it all. Now that the new year is here I would like to get back on track to…
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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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Sartori: The Name Says It All
How do you balance tradition with change? This is a question that family businesses face at some point to remain competitive. Tradition is rooting in the idea of family, of keeping things the “same” year after year. However, in the business world “same” leads to fossilization. So what happens when the family IS the business?…
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Burgundy: The Taste of Terroir
The glories of Burgundy. A land rich in history, wine and food. You have heard me say there is no separation of church and wine. Though viticulture and wine consumption began long before Christianity, the church played a key role in the global spread of vineyards and the use of wine in celebration of the…
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Steppin Out with My Dallas Wineauxs
I have shared with you about the fun times our Dallas Wineaux group has together. We meet for wine lunches, have wine dinners and tastings at each other’s houses. But this past December one of our members, Erik Johnson, kicked it up a notch by sending this Tweet to our group: My neighbor who has…
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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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Out with the old, In with the New
Are you a resolution person? You know, “new year new you,” kinda thing. I am not one that finds myself deeply reflective as one year closes and other begins. Instead I try to live with intention and conscious awareness of making positive changes whenever necessary regardless of the date on the calendar. However, I love…
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Priorat: Climbing God’s Ladder
Have you been to Spain? My husband and I vacationed there eight years ago. Hard to imagine it was so long ago. We spent a glorious week in a region known as the Coasta del Sol, which follows the Spanish coast along the Mediterranean. We visited Gibraltar, Seville, Granada and many small towns in the…
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A Passion for Terroir: Côtes du Roussillon AOC
I have said it before and I will say it again…. I dream of sitting in a café in the south of France enjoying a wonderful glass of French wine with a delicious French meal. Alas, I have not yet been to the South of France. Nestled along the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean…
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