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Movimento Turismo del Vino, A Gateway to Italy’s Wine Tourism

September 3, 2014 – 8:27 am

If you are planning a visit to Italy and enjoy wine you will want to check out the Movimento Turismo del Vino website while making your plans.

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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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Crowdsourcing Winemaking: Is it Possible?

August 22, 2014 – 4:18 pm

At least two wineries are experimenting with using the concept of crowdsourcing to provide wine lovers with a virtual experience of producing a wine.

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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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Two SLO Wines

July 25, 2014 – 5:58 am

My California Wine Appellation Specialist course continued this week with the content focusing on the appellations within San Luis Obispo County. For this class I opened a bottle of the 2009 Illuminatus that Kathy and I made with grapes we sourced from Paso Robles. Our first wine for this week was a Grenache from the […]

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Wines from Monterey, California

July 18, 2014 – 5:52 am

My California Wine Appellation Specialist course continued this week with the content focusing on the appellations within Monterey and San Benito counties. One of the advantages of studying appellations is tasting wines from those particular areas. Prior to this class, I have not tasted a wine from either San Benito or Monterey counties. The 2012 […]

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Two Petite Sirahs

July 13, 2014 – 6:01 am

There were less restrictions on the wines we had to taste this week for the California Wine Appellation Specialist course at the San Francisco Wine School, so I choose a wine from Livermore AVA and Lodi AVA. Both contained Petite Sirah. Surprisingly, I purchased two of the wines from a local wine store in Elkridge, […]

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10th Annual Lake County Wine Adventure

July 7, 2014 – 2:58 pm

Plan to visit Lake County, California to discover numerous wineries with some wonderful wines especially Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc. Additional wine varieties to be found in Lake County are: Petite Sirah, Merlot, Syrah, Zinfandel, Tempranillo, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay and Riesling. Many of the wineries are located near Clear Lake. The views can be awesome so have your camera or cell phone handy. On the last weekend of July the Lake County wineries will celebrate the 10th Annual Lake County Wine Adventure “Wine with Altitude.”

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Summer is for Grilling and Perhaps a Watermelon Granité

July 3, 2014 – 11:06 am

For the 4th of July or any day this summer plan to grill a special dish for your family and friends. Several recipes that are grilled are available on the Wine Trail Traveler website. Check these recipes depending on the food item you want to grill.

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Reflections on Sonoma

July 1, 2014 – 11:15 am

This week’s class for the California Wine Appellation Specialist program through the San Francisco Wine School has a focus on Sonoma. We made three trips to wineries in the Sonoma region in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Our first impression of the wineries is their laid back attitude. We did not encounter any snobbish people amongst […]

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