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Eric White, Associate Winemaker

July 7, 2013 – 3:30 pm

With some people, their wine journey begins very early in life. Eric White began his journey growing up in a cellar. His mother is the winemaker at Galena Cellars in Illinois. Eric’s family enjoyed European-style wines with their meals. Eric’s mother would always ask the family to tell about the wines they had with dinner. […]

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Julie Richards Touring French Wine Regions

July 6, 2013 – 2:01 pm

There are many stories about how people begin their wine journey. I have been writing about our fellow travelers on the WSU trip to wine regions in France. Julie Richards was a wine consumer. One day she read an article in the Wall Street Journal about a sensory evaluation seminar offered by UC Davis. Julie […]

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Jim Florio, Click Wholesale Distributing

July 4, 2013 – 3:42 pm

This blog series focuses on the group tour of France set up by Theresa Beaver at Washington State University. Today we chatted with Jim Florio, Chairman and CEO of Click Wholesale Distributing. Jim’s wine journey began while he was working in a grocery store in Spokane, Washington. During the early 1980s, the grocery stores in […]

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Geff Howell, Cellar Master at Gilbert Cellars

July 3, 2013 – 2:18 pm

While we are on tour of wineries and vineyards in France with a tour led by Theresa Beaver of Washington State University, we will spotlight the wine journeys of our fellow travelers. Today we lead with Geff Howell. Geff’s wine journey began as a result of working in the restaurant industry. He started working in […]

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A Jura Savagnin

June 30, 2013 – 4:15 am

We spent a few wonderful days with friends in the French countryside in Condal. Last evening we had an opportunity to taste a wine from the Jura wine region of France. We were forewarned about this wine. The aroma immediately reminded me of a sherry. The color was a yellow to dark yellow and assorted […]

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Discovering the Wines of Savoie near Mont-Blanc

June 28, 2013 – 6:39 am

After a cancelled flight and a missed connection, we finally arrived in the Savoie region of France. We visited Domaine Belluard in Ayse. The predominant grape grown in the vineyards is the indigenous grape Gringet. It is believed that the grape pre-dates the time of the Romans. We tasted an absolutely wonderful Brut made with […]

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Flight Cancelled? Enjoy a Flight.

June 26, 2013 – 4:11 pm

Flight cancelled, then recreated itinerary with another airline left us at Philadelphia International Airport with too much time to kill. So we ambled off looking for wine. Vino and Volo is a wine bar in Terminal B near Terminal A. I decided to try a Pinot Noir flight since Kathy and I are headed to […]

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Preparing for France

June 18, 2013 – 5:36 am

In 2006, when Kathy and I began Wine Trail Traveler, we thought we had to visit California. We did that year and have visited wine regions in that state several times since. Slowly we began to visit wineries outside of the United States, starting with Ontario, Canada. Then there was an opportunity to visit Tuscany […]

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Reflections on Quebec Wineries

June 17, 2013 – 6:54 am

Yes there are wineries in Quebec. Yes, they have vineyards are a growing grapes. Yes, they make excellent Vin de Glace, Icewine, although most growers have to alter their methods a bit different than growers in Ontario. At an earlier conference this year a writer asked me why I was going to visit wineries in […]

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Quebec Wow! Factor for a Winery

June 2, 2013 – 8:02 am

While on the wine trails in Quebec, we visited Chapelle Sainte Agnès about a mile north of the Vermont border. Wow! This is how they created the wow factor for their winery and vineyard. Cheers, Terry

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