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By L.M. Archer, FWS | Bourgogne ML
Holiday Exclusive : Taste Makers 2016
Sondra Bernstein’s the girl in the fig restaurant combines casual French country cooking and Rhone-style wines in Sonoma Square, the heart of Sonoma Wine Country.
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Chef Charlie Palmer, owner of Harvest Inn by Charlie Palmer in St. Helena, the heart of Napa Wine Country. Charlie Palmer owns Michelin-star awarded Aureole restaurant in New York City and Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Resort.
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Harvest Inn vineyards and culinary gardens, located in the heart of Napa Wine Country.
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Tina Maker created #WineStudio out of a deep desire to learn more about food, wine, and culture, without leaving the comfort of her home, or pajamas.
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L.M. Archer interviews Washington, D.C. based wine writer Julia Coney about diversity in wine.
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Martin D. Redmond, author of Enofylz wine blog, joins wine writer L.M. Archer as a guest in her 3-part series on Diversity in Wine.
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Glynis Hill work as an Regulatory Impact Analyst/Environmental Scientist for a government agency in Washington, DC. by day, but her avocation involves tasting her way through fine wines on her passion-fueled, ethnically diverse wine blog www.vino-noire.com.
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KarenNeugebauer, artisan chocolatier at Forté Artisan Chocolates hand-tempers and crafts all of her chocolates, truffles, sweet and savory bars and barks.
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Didn’t catch the series? Here’s a recap:
№ 1: Sondra Bernstein | the girl and the fig – Sonoma
№ 2: Charlie Palmer | The Harvest Inn – Napa
№ 3: Love in the Time of Chocolate | Karen Neugenbauer – Forte Chocolates
№ 4: Tina Morey | #wineStudio
№ 5: Rudi Goldman | Burgundy: People with a Passion for Wine
№ 6: Diversity in Wine – Part I | Julia Coney
№ 7: Diversity in Wine – Part II | Martin D. Redmond
№ 8: Diversity in Wine – Part III | Glynis Hill
And thank you, dear readers, for your ongoing appreciation of inspired stories about artisan wine and taste makers. Best wishes in 2017…Cheers!
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