Malbec and Bacon; Two Loves, One Glorious Meal

April is Achaval Ferrer month on #Winestudio! This is my second rendezvous with this producer thanks to this fantastic educational program. If you are unfamiliar with this program, please click here to learn more about how you can participate and the goals of the program.  I have been a Malbec fan for a very long…

Please, Say To Me You’ll Let Me Hold Your Hand

March Madness For me, March typically means two things. Mike’s birthday and March Madness! But this year, it meant something else. This year, thanks to #winestudio, it meant I was going to hold a Winemaker’s Handprint in mine! We were exploring the world of Meeker Vineyards in Geyserville, California.  Winestudio is an interactive beverage education…

You Come Home, You Need Wine. What are you Grabbing To Make It Fine? #WinePW

We all have them. Wine that is in our cellar, on our shelf, in our pantry or closet that we consider our go-to wine. The wine that we buy by the case and we aren’t afraid to open on any given weeknight. So I am asking you what wine are you grabbing to make it fine?…

Exploring the Wine Glass; April 5, 2017

Fàilte! Welcome to the next installment of Exploring the Wine Glass. Mike and I are big proponents of you should drink what you like and you are the only one who can taste like you. We advocate the fact that everyone experiences the wine differently, so in these posts we do not discuss our tasting notes.  Instead we include basic information…

Exploring the Wine Glass; March 22, 2017

Fàilte! Welcome to the next installment of Exploring the Wine Glass. Mike and I are big proponents of you should drink what you like and you are the only one who can taste like you. We advocate the fact that everyone experiences the wine differently, so in these posts we do not discuss our tasting notes.  Instead we include basic information…

Wine is in Boxes. It’s #OTBN. Still A #WinePW Night to Remember

 What is #OTBN #OTBN, Open That Bottle Night, is a wine holiday that was started by two wine critics who who are also journalists for the Wall Street Journal. Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher, in the late 1990s knew that too many people keep wine as a prized possession and wait too long to open it. There…

Exploring the Wine Glass; March 8, 2017

Fàilte! Welcome to the next installment of Exploring the Wine Glass. Mike and I are big proponents of you should drink what you like and you are the only one who can taste like you. We advocate the fact that everyone experiences the wine differently, so in these posts we do not discuss our tasting notes.  Instead we include basic information…