Tag: wine
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March: It is True Madness
As the March Madness tournament continues the upsets continue; I cannot believe Villanova was upset by North Carolina State and that UCLA keeps on rolling. The Wisconsin victory was closer than we would have liked and the Notre Dame vs Butler game was a nail bitter. I made the grape varietals bracket before last Sunday’s…
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March Madness/Wine Madness Continues
How is your bracket holding up? Mine is not doing so well. I am sad Texas lost though I did not expect them to win and I am completely heartbroken SMU lost in OT to UCLA. However, we are super happy Wisconsin won handedly and will advance to the next round. We lost some strong…
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Cambria Winery: The Clone Wars Continue
We began our third day in Santa Barbara County driving into the hills of Santa Maria Valley to explore the wines of Cambria Estate Winery. Cambria crafts a wide portfolio of Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs focused on clones, as well as other wines such as Syrah. After attending the fantastic Davis Bynum master cloning class,…
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Taste of Monticello Wine Trail Festival
April 9-11 | Charlottesville, VA Three days of celebrating the best of Central Virginia Wines Tickets on sale now! As spring approaches wine festivals are blooming all over the US. As you know I am a huge fan of Virginia wines! I have had the pleasure of enjoying wines from four wineries on the Monticello Wine…
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March Madness / Wine Madness
I love March Madness. To me March Madness means spring, fun, and great college basketball. Over the years I have twice won office pools with my brackets. Back in the days of the O’Bannon brothers at UCLA my winning bracket brought me enough dough to put new tires on my car! Some special highlights of this…
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Celebrating #OTBN on #WinePW
Every year the last Saturday in February is “Open That Bottle Night,” a night where wine lovers all over the globe have an excuse to open that bottle they have been saving for a “special” occasion. This is a night filled with parties and gatherings of friends or just a quiet home celebration where outstanding…
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Time Turned a Vixen into a Lady
One night over the winter of 2014 my friend Ryan Sorrell, a very gifted wine artist – check out his art at Vino Mosaics, sent me a picture of a bottle of wine he was enjoying with his wife on a night out. Somehow the label reminded him of me and wanted to share it with…
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A Loring Wine Company Surprise
As you know by now I am a big fan of Loring Wine Company. I have already written two articles about various wines made by Brian Loring. However, I truly had no idea their tasting room was in Santa Ynez Valley, California until we drove right by it on our way back to our hotel…
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Wine & Dine in Trentino-Alto Adige with #ItalianFWT
This month #ItalianFWT is traveling to Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy to explore the great food, wine, culture and activities in this beautiful region. As you can see from the WineCountry.it map, Trentino-Alto Adige is located in the northeast corner of Italy; boarded by Switzerland and Austria to its north with Veneto and Lombardy to its south…
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