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A Year in Champagne

April 2, 2015 – 7:39 am

A Year in Champagne takes the viewer on a wonderful journey through the Champagne region of France. What is the story behind the world’s post popular alcoholic beverage? The movie begins with the excitement of inflating a hot air balloon. After all hot air ballooning began in France. The balloon flies over vineyards, some established […]

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Champagne Legends and Myths

March 31, 2015 – 7:44 am

It seems today that people, including journalists, ignore the facts and make stuff up. If the fiction is mentioned enough times, it becomes true. This process can lead to legends, myths and marketing. The world of wine has its share of legends, myths and creative marketing that tends to stretch the truth. For example, there […]

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Champagne Reveals a Cellar Master’s Creativity

March 23, 2015 – 8:15 am

There are 349 champagne houses in the Champagne region of France. With their portfolio of champagnes there are more than a thousand champagnes for consumers. Then there are many more champagnes crafted by growers who make their own champagnes, and co-operatives. With so many champagnes to choose from, one may think that many of them […]

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Sparkling wine before champagne

March 16, 2015 – 9:58 am

The sparkling wine, champagne, as we know it today evolved over hundreds of years, as opposed to being invented by a single person at a single time. Although the Champagne region of France excelled at making champagne, once embraced, other people were deliberately making wine that had effervescence a century before the Champenois. The French […]

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Champagne before champagne

March 12, 2015 – 12:59 pm

The sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France has only been crafted during the last few hundred years. However, the Champagne region has been growing grapes and making wine for over a millennia prior to the champagne that lets you see stars. The Celts may have planted grape vines and made wine, but after […]

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CWAS Coming to Las Vegas

March 11, 2015 – 8:17 am

Most people do not need a reason to spend a few days in Las Vegas. The glitter, lights, shows food, beverages and a chance of winning all allure people to the city from near and afar. It makes sense in the city that has the most sommeliers in the world, that wine would be an […]

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Tour de Tanks Springs Forth

March 9, 2015 – 10:24 am

Although this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Mason-Dixon Wine Trail event Tour de Tanks, it is the first year that Kathy and I had a chance to participate. The Mason Dixon Wine Trail is unique in that it is made up of wineries from two states, Maryland and Pennsylvania. It is also one […]

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Author Talk at Harvest Ridge Winery Pleasantly Surprises Authors

March 4, 2015 – 5:51 am

Kathy and I have been invited to wineries to sell our books for the past three years. We interact with the guests and may sell a book or two. Recently, we have conducted author talks with a multi-media presentation followed by a book signing. At our first small turnout author talk, although curious, we sold […]

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Harvest Ridge Winery Mastering Chambourcin

March 3, 2015 – 7:34 am

The newest winery in Delaware is showing that they can craft outstanding wines that will cause wine enthusiasts to ponder, “This was grown in Delaware.” One of the stars of the portfolio are wines made with Chambourcin. The grape is popular along the central and northeast coast onto Ontario and Quebec. This French hybrid is […]

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Over 100 Guests Registered for Author Talk

February 26, 2015 – 10:38 am

Kathy and I were pleasantly surprised at the projected numbers of people that will attend our author talk on Saturday, February 28th from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm at Harvest Ridge Winery in Marydel, Delaware. Our talk centers around our third book, Georgia, Sakartvelo: the Birthplace of Wine. Where and when grapes were cultivated and […]

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