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White Wines Live Blogging Haikus

August 15, 2015 – 1:44 pm

One of the sessions at the annual Wine Bloggers Conference is a blogging session of white wines. Winemakers from the Finger Lakes wineries were on hand to pour a wine and talk about it in just five minutes. The bloggers multi-task. Listening to the winemaker, tasting the wine and blogging, all within the five-minute time […]

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“Know Wine Well”

August 15, 2015 – 6:44 am

Karen MacNeil delivered the keynote address at the 2015 Wine Bloggers Conference in the charming town of Corning, New York. Karen gave the wine writers, bloggers and authors several things to think about that will help us improve our writing. One of her suggestions is that we should “know wine well.” This led me to […]

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Virginia Wines at Pre-WBC15

August 14, 2015 – 8:08 am

Kathy and I had a delightful evening last night starting with a special, by invitation only, dinner at Hand & Foot in Corning, New York. The two-hour event took place right before the start of the 2015 Wine Bloggers Conference, just a few blocks away. The dinner showcased several Virginia wines and the fabulous foods […]

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Saperavi Finds a Home in Central Pennsylvania

August 13, 2015 – 5:53 am

Fero Vineyards and Winery in Lewisburg specialize in European grape varieties. One that has found a home is Saperavi, the most common black grape from the country Georgia. Chuck and Daneen Zaleski, owners, sourced Saperavi vines from the descendants of Dr. Konstantin Frank. Years prior to coming to the United States, Dr. Frank was a […]

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The Palate Food + Wine Bar in Colorado

August 10, 2015 – 12:54 pm

The Palate Food + Wine Bar is in Denver. The restaurant offers 150 wines by the glass.

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STOMP Out Cancer at Harvest Ridge Winery

August 9, 2015 – 11:14 am

Harvest Ridge Winery is a recently opened winery hugging the Delaware and Maryland border. While vineyards are located in Maryland and Delaware, the tasting room and winery are just across the line in Delaware. This fall Harvest Ridge is hosting a charity focused on “STOMP.” According to a blog post “STOMP” is short for STOMP […]

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The Arnaldo Caprai Winery Sagrantino Quote Contest

August 7, 2015 – 4:28 pm

Arnaldo Caprai, a renowned Italian winery in Montefalco, in the Umbria region of Italy is taking social media a step further.

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Seven Tips for Summer Wine Tasting

August 5, 2015 – 4:40 pm

As you enjoy wines this summer, keep these tips in mind.

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Attending the 2016 IWINETC in the Penedés Affords an Opportunity to Become a Placomusophile

August 4, 2015 – 7:49 am

This is not a negative. The word placomusophile refers to a collector of placas or chapas, those metal coverings that are affixed to a wire cage holding a cork in a bottle of sparkling wine. This piece of metal protects the cork from the wire cage. The use of metal coverings dates back to 1844 […]

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Why You Should Register In Advance for the International Wine Tourism Conference

August 3, 2015 – 10:02 am

The International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC) has just announced that early registration is now available for the 2016 annual conference scheduled for Barcelona, Spain.

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