Yesterday was the 2nd annual #Cabernet Day, virtual wine tasting event + some live events hosted in a few cities. While I typically wouldn't be drinking red wine yet (I like reds when its cold outside and/or I'm eating Italian), I jumped on the bandwagon, got out a few Cabs from my wine rack and [...]
This growing season's crazy weather conditions with extreme frosts, early summers and no summers have created quite a mixed bag for wine region harvests from California to Champagne to Chianti. Many spots in Europe are already half way through their harvest creating the earliest harvest season many can remember. Reports from Greece last week showed [...]
It was a hot July evening at Monticello and people looking for cool shelter were told to check out the wine cellar in the passageway under the house. When they did, Wine Blogger Conference attendees stepped into Thomas Jefferson's now fully restored wine cellar and got a glimpse into the important role wine played in [...]
Virginia, the fifth largest wine producing state in the U.S., now has over 193 wineries in production and 22 wine trails to explore. And what better place to start your tour than where it all began? In 1807 Thomas Jefferson, often called America's first wine connoisseur, planted grapes at Monticello imagining his home state would [...]
I'll admit that before living in Europe the site of pink wine automatically made me think of a sweet White Zinfandel. And needless to say, I'm not a fan. Now I see pink wine and I think Rosé, a lovely refreshing wine made from red grape varieties. The 'pink' comes from leaving the red grape [...]