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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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WSU Group Meets in Paris

July 1, 2013 – 1:33 am

Last night we met others members of the WSU winery tour who will travel to Champagne, Bordeaux and Burgundy.

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Watch A Winemaker Disgorge a Bottle of Sparkling Wine by Hand

June 24, 2013 – 8:45 am

On a recent visit to Quebec, we visited Le Cep d’Argent where we were very fortunate to have an opportunity to talk with François Scieur the winemaker and master of sparkling wines. François demonstrated disgorgement of a bottle of sparkling wine by hand.

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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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Big Cork Vineyards and Maryland Wine Week

June 15, 2013 – 7:29 am

Today, Saturday June 14 is the first day of Maryland Wine Week. Have you heard about Big Cork Vineyards in Maryland? One of Maryland’s newest wineries….

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International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC) Early Bird Registration

June 13, 2013 – 7:43 am

If you are in the tourism or wine industry, prepare yourself for the 6th Annual International Wine Tourism Conference to take place in Tbilisi, Georgia. The conference is scheduled for March 28 and March 29, 2014. The conference is geared toward travel agents, wineries, restaurants, bloggers, writers and more. The conference takes place at the […]

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Celebrate Maryland Wine Week, starting June 14

June 11, 2013 – 4:07 pm

Beginning June 14 and ending June 24 Maryland will begin celebrating Maryland Wine Week. The number of wineries and vineyards in Maryland is continuing to increase and quality is also increasing.

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Visiting Quebec Wineries

June 4, 2013 – 8:35 am

Today we are leaving the beautiful province of Quebec where we have spent a week visiting wineries and cideries from Quebec City to Montreal. It’s a bittersweet leaving as we have enjoyed meeting so many passionate winemakers.

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