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50 Great Cavas Media Group Announced

September 1, 2014 – 8:41 am

In February, Kathy and I attended a tasting of the Wines of La Mancha in Washington D.C. Prior to the grand tasting we attended a seminar including wines and producers from the La Mancha wine region in Spain. Sitting next to me was a representative from the Spanish Embassy. We talked about Spanish wines and […]

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Base Camp for Winery Exploration

August 28, 2014 – 6:48 am

The Fredericksburg area of Texas is a wine tourism destination. There are enough wineries to visit and taste wines that you need more than a day or even a weekend. You can easily spend a week in the region. To fully encounter the wine tourism experience, spend your nights at a winery. Messina Hof Winery […]

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Texas Foods with Messina Hof

August 27, 2014 – 5:33 am

Kathy and I spent a wonderful week in Texas. Four days were spent with Paul and Merrill Bonarrigo at both their Messina Hof Winery locations in Bryan and Fredericksburg. In addition to fantastic wines, we ate wonderful meals. We have many fond memories of the wine, food and friends. It was a great experience to […]

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Wine and Food Pairing Session Showcases Easy Tips

August 24, 2014 – 7:15 am

While visiting Messina Hof Winery & Resort in Bryan, Texas, we attended a wine and food pairing class presented by Melba Allen-Buillard and Karen Bonarrigo. Karen pointed out that there are no perfect rules for pairing wine and food. The old suggestion of matching red wine with red meats and white wine with white meats […]

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Motivation to Harvest

August 23, 2014 – 10:23 am

What would motivate over 100 people to go to a winery/vineyard and harvest grapes? Messina Hof Winery and Resort in Bryan, Texas is holding it 37th annual harvest festival. For the past few weekends, people have come to the winery and headed out to the vineyard to harvest grapes. Why would people do that? Elizabeth […]

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IWINETC Media FAM Reunion

August 22, 2014 – 7:29 am

Thousands of miles from Tbilisi, Georgia, the site of the 2014 International Wine Tourism Conference, several members of the Media FAM group are having a reunion under the hot Texas sun. We are meeting at fellow IWINETC presenters’ wine estate Messina Hof in Bryan, Texas. Paul and Merrill Bonarrigo are hosting the reunion. Kathy and […]

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Matchbook The Arsonist Chardonnay Provides a Spark

August 21, 2014 – 6:28 am

The Crew Wine Company crafts a Chardonnay that is a very food friendly Chardonnay. The 2012 Matchbook The Arsonist Chardonnay, Dunnigan Hills AVA in Yolo County is a light gold translucent color. The aromas and flavors reminded me of caramel, pears, apples, butter and a hint of slate. The reserve wine is made from the […]

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Two White Cabernet Sauvignons

August 18, 2014 – 12:27 pm

We tasted two white Cabernet Sauvignons with friends from Moldova. They brought a 2012 Blanc de Cabernet from Albastrele Winery in Moldova. Our second white Cab was a 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon that we made with grapes from Virginia. Both wines had one similarity, the vintage. After that they were completely different. The 2012 Albastrele Blanc […]

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California Wine Appellation Specialist Class

August 15, 2014 – 10:44 am

Previous to this summer, I took two online winemaking classes through Washington State University in 2009/2010. In 2007 I took the Intermediate Level of the WSET (Wine and Spirits Trust) class. So it has been awhile since I have taken any wine or winemaking classes. This summer I had the opportunity to take the online […]

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Two Pinot Grigio Wines from Attems

August 12, 2014 – 9:01 am

I attended a wine conference in Virginia a few years ago. A panel of winemakers were discussing the grapes that do well in Virginia. When the name Pinot Grigio was introduced, each of the panel’s four winemakers said that Virginia Pinot Grigio wines are boring. We received two bottles of Pinot Grigio from Attems a […]

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