by Debbie | Apr 16, 2019 | malbec, Malbec World Day, wine
World Malbec Day is celebrated on April 17th to commemorate the day back in 1853 when Argentina’s President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento officially made it his mission to transform Argentina’s wine industry. He then asked French soil expert Michel Aime Pouget to bring...
by Debbie | Apr 10, 2019 | new york wine
I love New York Wines! I am not saying that because I’m a New Yorker, I’m saying that because I have seen how the industry as a whole has improved the last 20 years. At the end of March, I attended NYDrinksNY, a trade tasting that was held in the Rainbow Room in New...
by Debbie | Apr 3, 2019 | New Zealand Wine, wine
Villa Maria wines is a wine brand that stands out to me as representing New Zealand wines. I remember the first time I tasted their portfolio at a wine tasting in New York City a few years back. I was impressed. I was very happy that I got asked in October to be a...
by Debbie | Mar 13, 2019 | wine, winephabet street, winephabetstreet
Welcome to Winephabet Street Season 1 Episode 20 T is for Tannat. Winephabet Street is a monthly series where Lori Budd of Draceana Wines and I work our way through the alphabet exploring wine and wine regions on letter at a time. The show is live on the third Monday...
by Debbie | Mar 6, 2019 | Michigan Wines, wine
I knew they grew grapes in Michigan and I knew there was wine, but I didn’t know it was that good! Many years ago when I had my travel business I had a table at the American Wine Society conference and the gentleman who was head of Michigan wines wanted me to sample...
