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• What’s Happening to the Wine Blog World?

  

  TweetWhat’s happening to the wine blog world? Attrition. It reminds me of my college classes. We’d start the year with 40 students in the class, and by the end... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Charm School Dropouts at Wine Tastings

  

  TweetThis is a rerun, people, because it’s still so relevant. I know that not everyone in the business had read this – in fact, probably most people haven’t. Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Do What You Want Trips, a Wine Friend of Mine Emerges as a Traveling Inspiration

  

  TweetAh to be young and unencumbered, and to be able to just “do what you want trips”…David Shabelman was working for The Hess Collection, last I knew, and... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 TRAVEL

• The Third Annual Oregon Pinot Gris Symposium is Announced by Oak Knoll Winery

  

  TweetThe Third Annual Oregon Pinot Gris Symposium is announced by Oak Knoll Winery, as Oregon Pinot Gris continues to gather national awareness and the effort... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Content Marketing for Wine Blogs Just Upped the Ante

  

  TweetI’ve specifically written a blog post called, “Content Marketers: If you’ve *really* been reading my blog, then you know it’s my personal wine journal. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• BARRA of Mendocino is Offering a Wonderful Way to Honor Your Mom in Wine...

  

  TweetI got an Email and thought, “BARRA of Mendocino is offering a wonderful way to honor moms, with a Mother’s Day brunch?” … How lovely is that, and I wish I... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Turning up the Sizzle on an Already Hot Commodity ~ Petite Sirah Symposium

  TweetThe Petite Sirah Symposium, about to go into its eleventh incarnation, has been a sellout every single year of its existence. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Viszlay Vineyard in the Field with John Viszlay and Jose Diaz

  

  TweetViszlay Vineyard in the field with John Viszlay and Jose Diaz…Being in the vineyards with a winemaker who loves what he’s doing is always such a pleasure. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Portland Oregon’s Annual Rose Festival + Oak Knoll Winery’s Annual Wine Label Ar...

  TweetOak Knoll Winery’s Annual Wine label art contest for Portland Oregon’s Annual Rose Festival was unveiled on April 25 in downtown Portland. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Jim Pratt Cornerstone Certified Vineyard is the Wine Grape Grower of the Stars i...

  TweetJim Pratt’s (Cornerstone Certified Vineyards) been working as a wine grape grower of the stars for nearly 30 years, which also includes being a veteran of... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• House Band Wines 375ml Flex Pouch ~ Juice Boxes Grow up with the Kids

  

  TweetHouse Band Wines 375ml Flex Pouch is going to make its debut at Memphis in May’s 37th Annual Beale Street Music Festival this coming May 3 though May 5,... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Natural Merchants Introduces Spanish Tarantas Monastrell, Made with 100 Percent...

  

  TweetNatural Merchants introduces Spanish Tarantas Monastrell, made with 100 percent organically grown grapes. Based in Grants Pass, Oregon, and Cartagena,... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The Heart of the Rose Nestling in the Venissa Vineyard to Celebrate the Feast...

  

  TweetThe Heart of the Rose nestling in the Venissa Vineyard to celebrate the feast of the rosebud… To celebrate the ancient annual tradition of April 25th, a... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Steve Hall of Robert Biale Vineyards Talks About How Great Wine Begins in a Grea...

  TweetSteve Hall of Robert Biale Vineyards has that very easy, very comfortable way about him; and he uses that accessible trait to describe meticulous details o... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Steve Hall of Robert Baile Vineyards Talks About How Great Wine Begins in a Grea...

  TweetSteve has that very easy, very comfortable way about him; and he uses that accessible trait to describe meticulous details of his craft…Namely: working wit... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• River Road Family Vineyards and Winery: In a Post Harvest Chardonnay Vineyard...

  TweetMy partner in all things Jose Diaz and winemaker Joe Freeman of River Road Family Vineyard and Winery explore what happens to a vineyard after all the... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Jared Diamond Earth Day, and Wine of the Week ~ 2011 Iron Horse UnOaked...

  

  TweetJared Diamond, Earth Day, and Wine of the Week ~ Iron Horse’s New Chardonnay Releases all began this past weekend…My pick for this week is the 2011 Iron... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Celebrity Vineyards, Written by Nick Wise About Napa, Tuscany, and Beyond is a...

  TweetNick Wise has written a really great book about celebrity vineyards; one that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading. His style, grace, and stories about Napa,... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Wine Life Highlights ~ Portuguese Wines

  

  TweetI was very fortunate to be hired for a couple of years by Enoforum Wines to advocate for Portuguese wines. Part of my PR job actually took me to Portugal,... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Miro Tcholakov of Trentadue Winery Talks Winemaking from the Vineyards

  TweetThere are two separate segments with this interview between Jose Diaz of Diaz Communications and Miro Tcholakov, the winemaker for Trentadue Winery. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK