Shades of Chardonnay

Wine tasting can be complicated, or as complicated as you make it.  We are all individuals with different tastes. Our taste are as individual to us as our fingerprints are. When you taste a wine and don’t taste and smell all the aromas and flavors your...

Friendship Discovery Renewal; Under The Tuscan Sun

Best known for her book “Under the Tuscan Sun”,  Frances Mayes has created a line of wines to compliment her Tuscan Sun lifestyle. Pensiero, a Pinot Grigio that comes from the vineyards of the Dolomites in the Trentino-Alto Adige region of Italy is...
Podcast: Wines of Turkey

Podcast: Wines of Turkey

In this podcast I talk to Shane Rai of Vino Rai a Turkish wine importer.  When you listen, you will get an overview of the history of the wines of Turkey. We talk about the 4 wine regions along with the vinifera and indigenous grapes of the region. To get you...
Mionetto’s Prosecco With Organically Grown Grapes

Mionetto’s Prosecco With Organically Grown Grapes

  Even though the new year as come and we are well into, doesn’t mean you don’t uncork a bubbly. Mionetto’s Prosecco D.o.c Treviso is made with certified organically grown grapes.  What does that mean?  It means in the vineyard, the...