Wine Basics ~ The Beginners Guide, by Brett Graham
Last Friday, I talked about A Fabulous Holiday Gift for Your Favorite Wine Enthusiast ~ Le Nez Du Vin by Jean Lenoir. The Le Nez du Vin wine aroma kits, although great for beginners to get a handle on wine aromas, is more suited to a bit more advanced wine enthusiasts… people who fancy themselves [...]
Holiday Gift Giving Ideas Beginning With Thanksgiving ~ Wine Country Gift Baskets Are Great
For Your Thanksgiving Hosts… I’ve been preparing Thanksgiving, since the day my mom decided she was through cooking the big holiday dinner for what had become 20+ people in our family. Mom and Dad had brought us all together for so long that it was just time for Mom to retire from the kitchen… clear [...]
Give T-Shirts a Chance ~ Wear Your Wine
I once read a quote from Sandra Day O’Connor that went something like this: “In order to understand the complexity of a problem, you have to have started at the bottom.” I’m paraphrasing, but not by much. I needed this quote, as I was forced to start my PR career all over again, after 11 [...]
Wine Spectator is Redefining Wine Travel on iPad
The press release reads: Just in time for the harvest travel season, Wine Spectator, the world’s leading authority on wine, is pleased to announce the release of an innovative new iPad travel app: Wine Spectator’s Guide to Napa Valley. This app delivers Wine Spectator’s world-class editorial content on Napa Valley in a unique format that [...]
Vintage Corkscrew Wine Bags ~ With Lots of Craftsmanship Thrown in For Good Measure
There’s a certain flow that’s going on, where I don’t have to look for anything new to be doing. It just finds me. That’s actually how Diaz Communications began and continues. In the ten years that Jose and I have owned and operated our agency, I’ve not had to solicit one client. They’ve found me, [...]
Put a Cork In It… And You’ll Plant A Tree
I once wrote, “Oh, Put a Cork in It!” after having returned from Portugal and seeing cork trees during harvest time. It made me realize how truly special cork trees are. They’re renewable, they’re recyclable, they’re the bomb! How about reusable?! Now, the California Wine Club (CWC) and their “Put a Cork in It” nationwide [...]
There’s Magic in Northern California, And It’s So RAD
Map is provided with the courtesy of the Sonoma Country Winegrape Commission. In a very small area of California’s wine grape growing regions, there are three very special American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) that are resplendent with things to do, places to go, and people to see. They’re so RAD, as in Russian River, Alexander, and [...]
Big things come in small packages… Vinturi Travel
Vinturi Travel is a great Father’s Day gift, which I was considering to give to my Jose this year… I need to digress for a bit, though, first. Yesterday was my youngest daughter’s birthday. She was born on Father’s Day on June 15, 1980. For years, Jose thought it would be a great laugh to [...]
