by Debbie | Sep 26, 2019 | california, wine
At the age of 14 Bibiana Gonzalez Rave knew she wanted to be a winemaker. Alma de Cattleya Wines was created, born from the fruit of the vines and transformed by human hands. Bibiana is following her passion, creating a product that can be alive and age for decades....
by Debbie | Sep 18, 2019 | wine, winephabet street, zinfandel
It’s not too often you get to taste vertical tastings of a wine unless perhaps you go to an event at a winery featuring verticals of their wine. Other reasons are, well, you just don’t keep the wine in your house long enough. Last month for Winephabet Street our topic...
by Debbie | Sep 13, 2019 | #WinePW, wine
This is my first time participating in #WinePW. It stands for Wine Pairing Weekend and the pairing this weekend is with wines from Brazil. I have to thank Susannah at Vigneto Communications for sending me a bottle of Brazilian wine because after 3 liquor stores and...
by Debbie | Sep 11, 2019 | wine, wine competition
For the past 12 years or so I have been chairperson for the Hudson Valley Wine & Spirits Competition. When it first landed in my lap I began to volunteer at other wine competitions ( The NY Classic) to gain some insight on how other wine competitions run. It is...
by Debbie | Aug 21, 2019 | bordeaux, wine
When I think of a Bordeaux white wine I think of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon blend. Perhaps because I never had a straight Sauvignon Blanc from the region, as white wine produced in Bordeaux is usually a blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. Le Blanc de Greysac 100%...
