Located in north-western Spain in the province of Galicia resides one of my favorite wine locations, Rías Baixas. Back in November, I was part of a virtual tasting, #AlbarinoHoliday, sponsored by Snooth Media and hosted by Lynn Farmer. As he states, the most important thing to know about him is that he is a wine lover…
What is Winephabet Street, you ask? Think of it as Sesame Street for Winelovers! It is a livestream/podcast/blogpost interactive discussion all about wine. Winephabet Street is a collaboration between Debbie Gioquindo, aka HVWineGoddess, and myself. We will be working our way through the alphabet discussing wine varieties and regions. So grab a glass and join…
*This is part two of the series about Hungary and is wine. In part one, I talked about how visiting Budapest and learning about it’s history truly affected me. I saw images of what the people had to deal with and heard first hand accounts of how property was taken and people were murdered. To…
Welcome to our latest installment of #WinephabetStreet. In this series, Debbie Gioquindo and I will be working our way through the wine world by way of the alphabet. Each month we will take the next letter in the alphabet and learn the characteristics and history of the grape, as well as suggested wine pairings. So uncork,…
*This started off being a single post, however, as I got into writing it… I realized I had too much to say to put it into one post. This first post focuses on Hungarian history and it’s not so distant Communistic control. Mike and I recently returned from Villány as guests of the Franc &…
It may be winter and a slow time at the winery, but these quiet moments have been well-earned. Our Cabernet Franc is sleeping in barrels and our Rosé is in tank awaiting to be bottled. But in order to get to this time, there was a roller coaster of harvest decisions. This post, is a…
Effect of Altitude on Wines You see it all the time in wine conversation. The tech sheets often state what the vineyard altitude is. By definition altitude is the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level. So why is this so important in wine production? Well, the biggest…
Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day, Nothing gold can stay. ….Unless it’s golden Bordeaux! What is Bordeaux Golden? When people mention Bordeaux, the first thing…
What is Winephabet Street, you ask? Think of it as Sesame Street for Winelovers! It is a livestream/podcast/blogpost interactive discussion all about wine. Winephabet Street is a collaboration between Debbie Gioquindo, aka HVWineGoddess, and myself. We will be working our way through the alphabet discussing wine varieties and regions. So grab a glass and join…
In the End The Dude Abides Have you ever met someone with the same name as you? It was quite the shock when I received an invitation to the English Honor Society at my college. First, I was a Biology major and secondly, I was only a sophomore. It turned out that there was another…
