Our first full day in Napa began earlier than the rest, as we had to head up to Yountville's V Marketplace to find our waiting trolley. The Napa Valley Wine Trolley has a motorized San Francisco trolley that takes guests on an open-air journey through the valley. While you can select the tour which visits four … Continue reading Napa: Day 2 Recap
Things have been pretty quiet on the blog front (not that I haven't been drinking wine over the past several weeks), as I've been working a bunch on my podcast and also got pretty busy with work and life, so apologies for my radio silence. But.... Drumroll, please.......It's official: I've been to Napa! For as … Continue reading Napa, How I Miss Thee
Have you experienced Pinotage yet? If not, you should. This is a grape varietal created in South Africa not even 100 years ago, and one which symbolizes their distinctive winemaking traditions. It is one of the varietals required to be included in any 'Cape Blends' produced in South Africa, and is also used to make … Continue reading Wine 22: Pinotage
HAPPY NATIONAL WINE DAY!!! May 25th is a day to celebrate, and one that gives me a reason/excuse to continue this blog! 😉 Viognier is one of those wine varietals I love to pronounce: "vee-own-yay." It makes me feel extremely French, and has ever since I first learned of its existence back in 2009 while … Continue reading Wine 21: Viognier
I've mentioned it before in passing... You've all seen the special wine glass I had made, broke, and had a new one made (yep!)... Now you can experience the fruits of my and my friend Sarah's labor in our new podcast which just went live last Friday: Drunk Bitches Podcast. We'll be posting weekly episodes … Continue reading It’s official: DBP is live
To drink or 'tannat' drink, that is the question. In my case? I choose to drink. 😉 Tannat is a grape I first heard about in an article sent by Wine Folly early last month. If you read the article, I'm sure you'll want to seek it out the next time you're in a wine … Continue reading Wine 20: Tannat
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