We are all Children of the Grape.
In 2017, Kathie and Bob Russell bought five acres of land in Palomino Valley and began building their dream of owning a wine vineyard. The dream grew from their love of visiting the Napa Valley back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, before Napa gained international notice as a quality wine-producing area. (That happened, […]
One of the post-excursions offered after the 2019 Wine Media Conference was a trip to visit the wineries in the Mudgee Region in New South Wales. Our group was made up of 19 wine writers on “a wine summer camp bus trip” .
I have asserted for years that just as there is a terroir that effects the grapes used to make wine, there is a terroir of wine tasting as well.
Fetzer winery hosted a few of us wine bloggers at their Bonterra Vineyard as part of an excursion before the Wine Blogger Conference (WBC17), and allowed us to meet some of the wine makers from Mendocino County in an event called the Inner Mendo Odyssey Panel. We started with a tour of the Bonterra, […]
Ahhh… to be Greek! When you think of being Greek, do you think of swilling wine with the Gods, debating with philosophers, or basking in a sun soaked villa? Well, whichever you think is right, you are right, because being Greek means all those things, and more. Opa! Truth be told, I’m not Greek. […]
I just finished re-reading an article entitled, “Let’s Be Clear: Bad Wines Are Bad Wines, Period”, written by Eric Asimov. If you don’t know, Eric is the wine critic for the New York Times. I had to re-read his article a couple of times to begin to understand what point, or rather points, he […]
There is a saying attributed to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus who said, “The only thing that is constant is change”. I think if he lived in our current time, he would amend that statement to say, “The only thing that is constant is change, from one thing to another, and then back again”. Yes everything […]
I travel quite a bit, as a wine blogger and in my professional life as well. I have traveled all over the world. Wherever I travel, whether I’m driving or flying to get to my destination, when I get there, I’m having wine. Good wine, bad wine, red wine or white wine, with a goat […]