Hudson Valley Wine Goddess
Taking The Intimidation Out Of WineHappy Hour with Rias Baixas Albarino
While so much has changed these days, so has the wine programs I was supposed to attend. Obviously canceled. BUT we get creative in the wine industry, and the wine programs come to you. Instead of me going to a seminar and interviewing someone, I can record the...
Winephabet Street F is for Fume Blanc
Welcome to Winephabet Street Season 2 Episode 6 - F is for Fume Blanc. 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 one letter at a time. The show is live on the third...
Mettler Family 100 Years Strong
Last year at this time I was exploring Lodi with some wonderful wine writers. What a wonderful time I had! Lodi was an area I knew about, but not really. I didn’t realize its proximity to San Francisco and Sacramento and I didn’t realize in addition to Zinfandel, all...
Sparkling Wines of the World Seminar
Last Monday I held a Sparkling Wines of the World seminar over Zoom. It seems to be the thing these days for get-togethers. I wasn’t sure how many people, if any would even show up. When I go in front of people, I tend to get a little nervous. Nervous I am going to...
Latitude and Attitude Sharing Left Coast Wines
As we get through these trying days and weeks ahead remember it’s about attitude. Try and keep a good one, because we are all in this together. Funny I looked up the definition of latitude and besides the obvious with it says “scope for freedom of action or thought.”...
Interview with Emanuela Gianfrede of Antica Masseria Jorche
I met Emanuela Gianfreda at the Slow Wine World Tour at Eataly last month. She is fifth generation and along with her sister Dalila, they are Antica Masseria Jorche. While Dalila runs the business side, Emanuela followed the path of her father is the enologist behind...






