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Wine Discoveries: White & Rosé Speed Tasting at Wine Bloggers Conference 2012

In addition to visiting three fabulous wineries at the 5th Annual Wine Bloggers Conference in Portland, we had the opportunity to travel Oregon and around the world via wine glass. One lively tasting opportunity was the Live Wine Blogging, think speed dating for discovering new favorite wines. This fast paced hour has wineries visiting tables and [...]

Island Holiday in a Bottle: More Greek Wine Discoveries

Greek wine transports me back to my trips to Greece's many beautiful spots from Athens to the Islands. I think that's why I love them! So it's very exciting to see Greek wine showing up in wine stores and restaurants more and more. Planet Wine, my local wine shop in Alexandria, is putting a full [...]

Wine Discoveries: Oregon at DC’s Annual Chef’s Best

At this year's 22nd Annual Chef's Best Dinner & Auction, always a fabulous event benefitting the wonderful Food & Friends organization, I was delighted to find a wine tasting table among the 55 DC area best chefs' tables! B&L Brands was on hand to sample 13 of their wines. Unfortunately I discovered them when they [...]

Fancy Food Show Wine Discoveries: Italy

The last wine discovery from this year's Fancy Food Show in DC was an Italian gem in Puglia, Tenute Girolamo. They were the perfect find as I was hosting #Winechat the following evening on Puglia, the heel of Italy's boot and one of my favorite wine regions. Tenute Girolamo is located in the Valle d'Itria between the [...]

Fancy Food Show Wine Discoveries: Italy

I made some great wine discoveries from Greece and Italy at the DC Fancy Food Show. The first Italian discovery was Tenuta i Fauri from the Abruzzo region. This winery is in the Chieti province in Abruzzo's center. Their thirty-five hectares of vineyards sit among hills that drop to the sea. Photos on their site are gorgeous [...]

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