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A Celebration of Caymus’s 40th Anniversary

June 15, 2014 – 9:57 am

Today the Wagner Family of Wine includes Caymus, Mer Soleil, Conundrum, Belle Glos and Emmolo. This portfolio of wineries began with the start of Caymus in 1972.

On Saturday, June 14, we participated in a tasting of Caymus 40th anniversary wine with other wine writers around the country who joined in a twitter tasting and a webcast at Caymus in Napa Valley. The webcast of 1.5 hours took place in the barrel room.

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Reflections on Napa, Caymus

June 14, 2014 – 8:31 am

I am starting my second week of the CWAS (California Wine Appellation Specialist) program through the San Francisco Wine School a bit early. Our next class focuses on Napa. The online version of the class begins on Monday. My early start, though, is to help celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Caymus, a Napa winery that […]

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Reflections on Mendocino

June 11, 2014 – 6:19 am

I just started an online wine course through San Francisco Wine School. The nine-week course is a program for the California Wine Appellation Specialist. It covers eight California regions, the appellations in those areas and of course wines from those areas. Our first class focused on Mendocino. As I read the course content, I recalled […]

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GeorgianDC Celebrates with Picnic

May 25, 2014 – 3:10 pm

Yesterday was the 1st GeorgianDC picnic. The day was perfect along the Potomac River with a light breeze, sporadic fluffy clouds and warm temperatures.

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Chardonnay Day: the International Grape

May 22, 2014 – 8:04 am

Chardonnay is one of many international grapes grown throughout the world. Even our trip to the country Georgia, that has strong ties to indigenous vitas vinifera, we found some vineyards growing Chardonnay. We have walked in Chardonnay vineyards in Europe, North America and Oceania. Here are some photos of the grape during the growing season. […]

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Visit Wisconsin’s Door County Wine Trail this Weekend!

May 15, 2014 – 1:27 pm

The Door County Wine Trail has eight participating wineries. This weekend these wineries are participating in the Door County Wine Trail Weekend.

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Secolari, a Boutique Olive Oil Shop Offers Wine and Olive Oil Tasting Events

May 6, 2014 – 8:41 am

This past weekend we spent a delightful time at Secolari, a specialty shop in Columbia, Maryland that features ”The gift of artisan oils, vinegars & other enrichments.” Secolari specializes in extra virgin olive oils from California.

We met with a small group of people interested in learning about wine and olive oil tastings.

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Valdubon Cosecha 2012 from Spain

April 17, 2014 – 8:39 am

Last week we received a surprise, a bottle of Spanish wine. We were excited as a couple of months ago we had participated in a tasting of Spanish wines in Washington, DC, which we had enjoyed.

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Birthday Celebration Continues 10,461 km Away Continued

April 2, 2014 – 11:17 pm

We had dinner in Tbilisi at Tabla. This was our last dinner before catching an early flight to Istanbul and back to the United States. Several media members already left as well as tour operators; however, there were still enough members left that attended the International Wine Tourism Conference a few days earlier. Georgians know […]

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Alaverdi Monastery Has Heart

March 31, 2014 – 9:16 pm

We visited Alaverdi Monastery and noticed the small vineyard on the way to the marani. The vines were pruned and tied in a heart shape. This pruning method was new to us and we speculated as to why it was shaped and tied. Two cordons were tied to the post about eight inches above the […]

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