While I enjoy writing about wine and use it as much as a teaching tool for myself as well as others, I’m sometimes hesitant to write about famous wine families or other well-known topics. I always think, “what more can I add?” But then I have to remind myself that
Ahh, Sangiovese. It is Italy’s most widely planted variety and used to give me absolute fits when I first started studying Italian wine. That is because it goes by what seems to be a bazillion names that refer to either the clone or region – Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
The holiday season is a distant memory, but February and March are exciting times in my neck of the woods. In addition to that Hallmark holiday with all the red and pink stuff, it is also Mardi Gras season and rodeo season. And we go big for both at our
Yes we all love the delicious wines of Tuscany. For many, Tuscany is what
A few months ago I was enjoying the wines of Sicily, and last week I was all over Campania. I must say that I enjoy drinking up and down the Italian boot as there is always something
After tasting the lovely wines of the Willamette Valley
While folks are all geeked out about Valentine’s Day, at our house, it’s all about Mardi Gras. The house has been decorated in purple, green,
OK, so I tried for one cycle to do a bi-monthly Texas roundup – I combined May & June). I knew June would be busy
I’m back y’all! I took a couple of months away from the roundup because I wanted to cover Texas women winemakers
