From Burgundy to Bordeaux all in one day! This delicious 6-course wine dinner was held at Convivial. Through an interpreter, we were told the story and journey of Joël Duffau (the winemaker). Pricing on this wine is out of this world (in a good way)! My favorite, the Le Barry, an easy sipping red wine. …
During the Wine Bloggers Conference on Friday night, there’s a thing called “Mystery Excursions.” You get a random, color ticket from the conference registration desk and at 5:15pm meet in the hotel lobby. The cool thing is you don’t know where you are going! Once the groups were gathered by ticket color, we were loaded …
Part two of our tour with Force Majeure takes us to the top of some serious uninhabited land in an area called North Fork. The area is named North Fork because the “North Fork of the Walla Walla River runs along the bottom of the canyon.” Since our large coach bus can’t make it up …
To arrive in Walla Walla from Seattle for the Wine Bloggers Conference, we decided to take a 45-minute Commuter flight on AlaskaHorizon (Bombardier Q400). I’m talking the kind of small plane that you have to walk on the tarmac to get to. The kind of plane with small, black propellers (gulp). Then upon landing (thank …
What do you do when you have a long layover in Seattle while on your way to the Wine Bloggers Conference in Walla Walla? Well, you rent a car, eat a snack at Von’s 1000Spirits, go wine tasting at SODO Urbanworks (Washington State Wine) then make your way to JuneBaby. You may be asking yourself, …
This Wednesday, I take off for my first Wine Bloggers Conference (WBC) being held in Walla Walla, Washington. WBC is a jam packed, 3-day schedule where wine bloggers from around the world get together for wine education and to taste wine from the host city. One of the sessions is Live Red and White Wine …
Since I had wine last night at the Zachys DC Warehouse tasting, I was planning to skip a day. But how can I do that when today is National Red Wine Day! So, I decided to finally use my Coravin on this delicious bottle of Garnatxa from Parés Baltà. One glass. Done! The Coravin will …
So glad and yet so sad I opened this bottle. Glad because it’s perfect with my pizza (cheese, fresh spinach and white sauce). Sad because it’s my only bottle. I had the immense pleasure to visit Cape Town, South Africa last year. During this visit, one of our wine stops included Delaire Graff. Tasting wine …
I’m supposed to start writing about wine and maybe some other stuff. But when you’re a novice writer, where do you start? Especially where do you start when you have to add wine in the mix? I’ve been told by numerous people, you just start! I have been a wine lover for the last 15-20 years (did I just give away my age??). So it should be easy for me to write about something I love. Right?
I started with White Zinfandel, like most people I know. I left a lot of my friends in the White Zin and Sweet wine category. Sweet wine never worked for me (not that there’s anything wrong with that!). I’ve just always been different. I love the taste of Bourbon/Whiskey and even Tequila. When people turn up their faces when drinking, a big smile comes across mine. So it seemed only natural that my palette gravitated to Full Bodied Cabernet, Syrah and Zinfandels (yes, Zinfandel).
On my first trip to the land of Full Bodied Cabernets (Napa), ya’ll I was hooked! On this trip, I was lucky to take a Wine Immersion Class from Karen MacNeil (Author of the Wine Bible). I even have my signed certificate hanging proudly on my frig. Napa made me fall deeper and deeper in love with wine.
What a journey it has been. From joining tasting clubs, to visiting wineries around the world, to studying and hopefully passing my CSW exam. I don’t know where this wine journey will take me but please join me on this ride! I sure could use a co-pilot!
