Tag: Santa Lucia Highlands

• Forbes Article: A Conflicted Land Produces Consistently High-Quality Wine

  

  “Nestled between Northern California’s Santa Lucia Mountain Range and coastal Big Sur sits a conflicted land. The warm Pacific sun and maritime climate ushers abundance into the quiet farming community. Yet, each afternoon merciless winds driven by the powerful ocean, disrupt the landscape’s serenity. This is the Santa Lucia Highlands.” This conflicted land produces high-quality […]

  Michelle Williams

  December 10, 2020

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  Bruliam Wines, Clarice Wine Company, Forbes, McIntyre Vineyards, Miner Family Wines, Roar Wines, Santa Lucia Highlands, Talbott Vineyards, wine, wine review, Wrath Winery

• Exploring Wine making Choices with #MWWC

  

  Our lives are filled with choices. Do you chose to drink coffee or tea in the morning? If coffee do you chose to drink it with cream and sugar or black? What toppings do you chose to put on pizza? Do you chose action thriller movies or romantic comedies? Chances are if we were aware […]

  Michelle Williams

  September 14, 2015

  #MWWC, Monthly Wine Writing Challenge, Music, Texas Sommelier Conference, TexSom, Wine

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• Life is Good with Loring Wine Company

  

  The holiday season is filled with good wine, food and friends. Even though Thanksgiving was a few days away we once again gathered with our friends Cherie and Mark to wine and dine. Furthermore, since they love Pinot Noir as much as we do, I wanted to introduce them to an excellent Pinot Noir producer: […]

  Michelle Williams

  December 5, 2014

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• More Friendship, Fun and Wine

  Recently I enjoyed another wonderful evening with my dear friends. As busy women we need the occasional “Ladies Night Out” to bond and connect. We meet for lunch frequently but sometimes friendship and laughter needs a little wine. A member of our HCV group and her husband bought and moved into a new house in […]

  Michelle Williams

  October 6, 2014

  Food, Friends, Groom, Loring Wine Company, Margerum, Music, Pinot Noir, Santa Barbara County, Santa Lucia Highlands, Van Morrison, Wine, Zinfandel

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