If I say “sherry” and what comes to mind is the song “Sherry Baby” by The Four Seasons and Frankie Valli …
or maybe all you know about the liquid form is cheap sherry wine for cooking, well, it’s time for you to discover that sherry is not only a thing, but a beautiful thing. Sherry may be an acquired taste, but Sherry is definitely worth getting to know! Continue reading
Yes, you read that right: for Wine Pairing Weekend this #MerlotMe month with our host Jeff Burrows at Food Wine Click!, we offer a pairing of Washington Merlot with salmon and ahi tuna!! As well as a somewhat untraditional cheese plate… Continue reading
Last year at the Wine Bloggers Conference in Santa Rose, I had my first taste of Lugana wine from the Lake Garda region of northern Italy — and I was in love, and I wanted to spend more time with my new crush so I suggested we feature Lugana in 2018 in our Italian Food Wine Travel group — and here we are today! See what everyone came up with by scrolling down. Continue reading
Wine Predator Gwendolyn Alley on a pre-WBC13 press trip in WA
This week, several hundred of my wine blogging and wine writing and wine industry friends are gathering in Walla Walla WA for this year’s wine, food, travel, and social media educational extravaganza known as the Wine Bloggers Conference.
showing off my zin temporary tattoo at WBC09 in Santa Rosa; photo by John Cocoran
Before missing this year, I’d attended all but two Wine Blogger Conferences — and those two took place on the East Coast, too far and expensive for me to travel to.
That’s right: I attended:
And this year it’s in Walla Walla, Washington, where it was also held in 2010 at the Whitman Hotel which I loved. I also loved how walkable Walla Walla is — and of course the wine… and the food… and the friends…
So why am I not in Walla Walla? It’s not even on the east coast! Continue reading
On the first weekend of October, the Italian Food Wine Travel group AND the Wine Bloggers’ Conference will be experiencing a LOVE OF LUGANA!
Because Lugana DOC will be pouring their wines at the 2018 Wine Bloggers Conference this weekend in Walla Walla WA AND I’m hosting the Italian Food Wine Travel group as we check out this wine and region with a twitter chat on Sat Oct 6 from 8-9am Pacific Time using these hashtags
#Lugana #LakeGarda #VinoLuganaDOC
and with posts by the following bloggers on these topics: Continue reading
Around here, October means #MerlotMe — a month set aside to celebrate the Mellow Magic that Merlot offers. In fact, we’ve been celebrating #MerlotMe now for three years: #MerlotMe in 2016 here and here, and here; #MerlotMe in 2017 here, and here, and here, and now in 2018.
And since September was California Wine Month, and today is the first day of #MerlotMe, it seemed appropriate to post today about California Merlot! Continue reading
Today is the final day of California Wine Month, which is celebrated all month during September every year!
This year, we traveled to Lodi to celebrate with Albarino, we toasted Bogle on their 50th anniversary Petite Sirah from Yolo County, we rejoiced in Grenache from Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, and today, we say hooray with a range of wines from El Dorado County.
And I just want to say along with the video below:
ALL ARE WELCOME HERE!
Please visit us!
