by Jo Diaz | May 7, 2021 | Argentina, Art in Wine, Organic, Pinot Noir, Rosé, Wine
Mother’s Day: My mother has been gone for a long time now. I remember the day well. I had gone back to Maine, making that really difficult decision: Do I see her once more in life, or do I see her after she’s gone? It was really that fragile. When I...
by Jo Diaz | Jun 11, 2020 | Art in Wine, Beaujolais, Contest, France, French Wine, Gamay, Wine, Wine Appreciation, Wine Culture, Wine Marketing
This is the fourth annual wine label competition for the Georges Duboeuf winery, in Beaujolais, France. It’s wonderful that winner Maeve Croghan is currently living and working in the Mendocino, California area, where she teaches and exhibits… She’s...
by Jo Diaz | Apr 23, 2020 | Art in Wine, Beaujolais, Contest, France, Wine
I love art. Wine is art, music is art, paintings and sculptures are art. Put them all together and you have a perfect day. Place them all in France’s wine country, and you have utopia, at least in my humble opinion. World renown artists have long graced wine...
by Jo Diaz | Mar 4, 2020 | Art in Wine, Beaujolais, Contest, France, French Wine, Gamay, Nouveau Beaujolais, Wine
This blog post is dedicated to dreamers and artists Let me just start with the fanciful background… Last Summer, I had one of my greatest honors. I’ve been working with winery doctors, lawyers, and CEO chiefs, since early 1993. In the process, some have...
by Jo Diaz | Jun 24, 2019 | Argentina, Art in Wine, Sauvignon Blanc, Wine, Wine of the Week, Wine Samples, Wine tasting, Winemaking, Winery, Wines, Women in Wine
Connecting Art to Wine, Before Even Tasting the Wine I’ve wine samples to taste; a lot of samples to taste. Life just backs up the volume, as I work on balancing every to-do. At my present age, my grandmother… and then my mother… were taking...
by Jo Diaz | Jun 10, 2019 | Art in Wine, Beaujolais, Contest, France, Willamette Valley, Wine, Wine Appreciation, Wine Business, Wine Importer
This one reminds me of Willamette Valley’s Oak Knoll Winery. Being the exclusive partner of Portland’s popular Rose Parade, as regards wine, Oak Knoll Winery conducts an annual, label design contest. The inspiration, actualization, anticipation, and...
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