Giampaolo could not be missed at the tasting table...his enthusiastic tastings of his family's Tabarrini wines filled the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference Meet the Sponsor room. You couldn't resist stopping by to enjoy his wines and listen to tasting notes and stories of his winery and hometown in Montefalco, Italy (province of Perugia in Umbria [...]
Wine judging has been a bit of a mystery topic to me topic, but thanks to the Wine Judging Made Simple seminar at Sunday's 36th Annual Virginia Wine Festival, I now have a great understanding of the process! Walter Rachele, a graduate of the American Wine Society Wine Judge Training Program and judge in their commercial [...]
My goal at Sunday's 36th Annual Virginia Wine Festival was two part...1) Buy a few great examples of Virginia wine for my upcoming girls' weekend, and 2) Discover a few new Virginia wineries I haven't tried. Success on both fronts!! The two-day event held in Centreville, Virginia (about 30 miles west of Washington, DC) brought together 40+ [...]
For our last summer getaway we headed to the beach in Stone Harbor and Avalon, New Jersey. Now the Jersey Shore doesn't necessarily bring lovely beach vacation images to your mind, especially thanks to the show by that name. But at the very tip of the Jersey Shore, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Delaware [...]
The second rosé I grabbed off the wine rack for this week's last summer beach trip was from our June trip to Puglia, Italy (Italy's largest wine producer). I was so impressed with Puglia's wines, especially their rosés made from local varietals like Primitivo and Negroamaro. This rosé is from the Cantina del Locorotondo just outside the [...]