Being a wine publicist is like being a mother watching your children grow ~ Enoforum Wines experiences a growth spurt and I’m so delighted
Although my job with Enoforum Wines ended over a year ago, my relationship to them has remained. Once Enoforum found an importer, the next steps involved getting placements with wholesalers within each state. PR – sensibly – had to be put on a back burner. Without unlimited resources, which very few companies have these days, [...]
Missing Portugal’s Wine Country: The Medieval Influences That Still Affect Modern Times
I’m missing Portugal so much. It’s interesting to visit another country, and then have your heart tied up in it forever. (I feel the same way about Maui; although, it’s one of the 50 states, getting there’s a bit complicated, and it’s not like any of our other states.) I could have gone back there [...]
The Importing and Selling of Portuguese Wines ~ Who’s Doing It and Why?
I’m fascinated by the following facts, presented at the ViniPortugal wine tasting seminar by Evan Goldstein MS. Portugal is the seventh largest exporter to the US Their exports to us are growing at a staggering 34.7 percent in the last year Their red wine exports to the US are up to 126.4 percent in the [...]
Vini Portugal ~ Master Sommelier Evan Goldstein’s Seminar ~ Portuguese Wines
About Even Goldstein: Master Sommelier, Full Circle Wine Solutions, San Francisco, CA ~ President and Chief Education Officer Evan is the author of Five Star Service: Your Guide to Hospitality Excellence (On Premise Communications Inc.) and the critically acclaimed Perfect Pairings: A Master Sommelier’s Practical Advice for Partnering Wine with Food (University of California Press). [...]
Portuguese Wines ~ What the Experts Are Saying ~ An Update
Working with Enoforum Wines from the Alentejo Region of Portugal, I’m intrigued by what others have to say about Portuguese wines. I’ve personally found Portuguese wines to be a tremendous value. This has a lot to do with the cost of living and making wine in Portugal versus the cost of doing the same in [...]
Living in Portugal, by Anne de Stoop
Anne de Stoop not only captures the heart and soul of these wine regions: Minho Douro Oporto Alentejo … But, she also writes about: where to stay where to eat markets to visit museums to explore gardens to experience where shopping is the most fun If ever there was a female author whose command of [...]
From Alentejo with Love: Understanding the Viticutural Area
Image via Wikipedia Two comments from people reading From Alentejo with Love: Climate, Soils, and Trellising, inspired a bit more sharing of that region. While that one story took care of climate, etc., I knew – when I was writing it – that I was leaving out a huge part… Their viticultural regions and how [...]
From Alentejo with Love: Climate, Soils, and Trellising
The following are questions and answers from Delfim Costa of Enoforum Wines. Delfim and I first met at the first annual Wine Bloggers Conference, when I offered him a ride from the BBQ back to the hotel, as he had just missed the bus. As we talked, I realized that I had had communications with [...]
