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Bored with your usual French Bordeaux or Côtes du Rhône wines? Mix it up with these fun light-hearted South African wines. I picked up a bottle of Bored Doe recently as the name gave me a giggle and reminded me of my April trip to Bordeaux, France. Bored Doe and [...]
A 4-day Easter Weekend escape to Les Sources de Caudalie, my dream spa & wine destination, took me to Bordeaux. But as I researched our trip then experienced it in person, I was amazed by all this city and region of France have to offer! Obviously, if wine is your thing, this is a must [...]
When you hear California wine, you most likely think Napa and Sonoma. But there's a great wine region that's been flourishing for 150 years not too far from there...Lodi, California. Lodi is one of California's major wine growing region, located 100 miles east of San Francisco. It's characterized by a rural atmosphere and farms run [...]
Our Fine Wine Divas October event was all about this delicious season, Autumn Food & Wine Pairings. We gathered at the fabulous new hotel and hot spot in Washington, DC, The Graham Georgetown, in their farm-to-table restaurant, A.G.B. And our wine selection for the evening took us around the world: NV Steininger Grüner Veltliner from Austria 2012 [...]
Arrogant Frog is an estate-bottled wine from the Languedoc region of Southern France. I discovered it when living in Amsterdam and was so pleased to find it available in the U.S. last summer. The label grabbed me in our Amsterdam wine shop. The playful art and fun names, like Ribet White (Chardonnay-Viognier), Lily Pad Pink (a Sparkling Rose), [...]
This little country in southeast Europe sits between Romania and the Ukraine not far from the Black Sea and is home to a region that has been making wine for thousands of years! Attending Taste of Washington, DC last fall, I came upon an eight table wide sampling station of Moldova Wine hosted by the [...]
On the second day of our Sonoma Wine Country Weekend, after an exhilarating early morning hot air balloon ride over Sonoma County vineyards, we visited wineries in the Russian River Valley and Sonoma Valley...Martinelli Vineyards and Winery, VJB Vineyards & Cellars and Muscardini Cellars. Martinelli Vineyards and Winery Our first stop was in the Russian [...]
Our primary reason for being in Sonoma was obviously the wine. As I mentioned in my opening article on our weekend, I spend most of my time exploring Virginia, Washington, Oregon, Italy and France wines. California wines are written about and drank a lot in the U.S. BUT after meeting some great Sonoma folks at [...]
Saturday I participated in my second hour of 'live wine blogging' as part of the fourth annual North America Wine Bloggers Conference. After Friday's round one on whites/rosés, my first ever live blogging, I was ready for round two! It's like speed dating...you stay at one table and 12 wineries come by your table for five [...]
Bordeaux is the largest fine wine region in the world and fifth largest wine district on earth. It has 60 appellations (AOCs / Appellation of Controlled Origin, the official wine regions of France)Â and 8,650 winemakers. No wonder it can be overwhelming! But with 2009 wines releasing and experts saying this may be the best vintage [...]