What went down this winter of 2018 and what’s up this spring?

So far this year, I’ve published 21 posts, which is not far off from my goal of 9 per month or 108 for the year. And what were the most popular of these posts from 2018?

• FIRST: January’s Welcoming Women Owned Wineries and Winemakers to #WinePW and Tribute to Sandra Oldfield
• SECOND:  March’s Duck à l’orange with M. Chapoutier’s Biodynamic, Organic Wines
• THIRD: February’s: Sweethearts: French Wines Paired With Mini-Pizzas #Winophiles.

The emphasis this winter was on women in wine: women winemakers and winery owners.

• Our January post about Sandra Oldfield, former winemaker at Tinhorn Creek in British Colombia, was also the invitation to February’s Wine Pairing weekend crew in writing about women in wine.
• In our preview post, we talked about Amy Bess Cook’s WOW Sonoma project which is about Women Owned Wineries.
• Then for our Wine Pairing Weekend post, we published “Why We’re with WALT for #WinePW: Owner Kathryn Hall, Winemaker Megan Gunderson Paredes”.

In March, which is Women’s History Month, we reviewed previous posts about women winemakers and published four posts about women in wine:

• How We “Adorada” Women’s History Month 2018 with Margaret Leonardi
• Women’s History Month: Winemaker Susan Tipton of Acquiesce in Lodi, CA
• Women’s History Month with Chris Brown, co-owner of Cantara Cellars
• Meet Kristin Bryden, Winemaker at Zaca Mesa Winery and Vineyards

So what’s going down in Spring?

This spring we’re going green and pink with lots of Malbec!

APRIL: Earth Month

• April is Earth Month, so we are going green as much as possible focusing on biodynamic and organic wines from around the world. We’re also going to talk CORK!
• April 17 is Malbec Day, so we have a case of Malbec in the cellar to taste, tweet, and take notes about!
• April 17 is also TAX Day in the US, and we’ll have a range of wines to wash away your sorrows — or celebrate your return!
• April 24 we’re going to LA to taste wine from Oregon!

MAY: Oregon Wine Month

• May 4: International Sauvignon Blanc Day — and there’s an international symposium in Lake County that I am tempted to attend.
• May 6 and 7: the International Biodynamic Wine Conference in San Francisco.
• May 24: National Chardonnay Day
• May 25: National Wine Day

JUNE: Idaho Wine Month

• June 4: National Cheese Day
• June 9: National Rose Day
• June 21: National Lambrusco Day

ITALIAN FOOD WINE TRAVEL publish first Saturday of the month; twitter chat at 8am PST:

• May: Vermentino
• June: Soave

WINE PAIRING WEEKEND publish second Saturday of the month; twitter chat at 8am PST:

• April 14 we’re hosting Wine Pairing Weekend’s Walk Along the Way in Navarra, Spain.
• May is wines that start with M giving us a great opportunity to publish about all that Malbec we tasted.
• June I think we’re hosting again for AUS wines for the grill!

FRENCH WINOPHILES publish third Saturday of the month, twitter chat at 8am PST:

• April 21: Picpoul, and wow, has Sue a menu for you! I hope we can pull it off!
• May: Bordeaux
• June: Alsace.

Lots of great wine in store! Stay tuned! Please subscribe!