Tag: wine
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Texas Fine Wine: Pride & Joy
When was the last time you had wines from Texas? If it was five years ago or more than you have not had wines from Texas. Why? The Texas Wine Industry is heating up. Texas wineries have learned through diligent trial and error which grapes thrive in Texas and the rest of the world is…
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Valentine’s Day in the South of France with #WinePW
“If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you. When mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me.” Thank You, Robert Plant, 1969 Led Zeppelin II “But since you been gone I can breathe for the first time; I’m so moving on, yeah, yeah” Since You’ve Been Gone,…
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Rockin Red Blog Needs Your Help to Travel to France!
A few weeks ago I received an email from Millesima. The email said they had reviewed my blog and found a few articles that would qualify for their 2016 Blog Awards and suggested I enter the contest. So I did! Yesterday I received another email congratulating me on being a Millesima 2016 Blog Award Finalist! Woo…
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If You See Kay Buy Her!
Marketing can be tricky. Just look at Super Bowl ads. Some like to shock, others play to our heart strings with dogs and horses, some seek attention by pushing the limit on what is offensive, while others capture us with stupidity. What about shopping for wine? Most wine labels are, dare I say, boring. Perhaps…
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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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Calabria: A Rustic #Food & #Wine Pairing
Calabria is one of the oldest regions in Italy. Villages were first recorded in what was known in ancient times as “Italy” in 3500 BC. Around 1500 BC two Italic Oscan speaking tribes settled in the Calabrian area. One of these tribes was called Oenotrians, which translates to “vine cultivators.” As is customary, the area…
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Smith-Madrone: Bottling that Peaceful Easy Feeling
Almost exactly a year ago today The Daily Meal awarded Smith-Madrone Winery as their first ever winery of the year. The competition was fierce. One Washington winery, three California wineries, one Virginia winery, three French wineries, one Portuguese winery and one Australian winery. According to The Daily Meal there are about 8,000 wineries in the…
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Terralsole: Land Towards the Sun
I am going to take you on a journey to the “land towards the sun,” where the sky is blue, the clouds are wispy, the sun is bright and the land is green. It is a serene place, a true heaven on earth with gently rolling hills covered with olive trees, wild brush, cypress trees,…
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Wineist: A New Way to Discover #Wine
I enjoy watching Shark Tank. I don’t watch it often but whenever I find it on television I am glued. I am equally fascinated in the creativity of my fellow humans and the art of the negotiation. I have noticed on the show that many times thinking outside the box pays off for the entrepreneurs.…
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