by Jo Diaz | Mar 7, 2021 | Beaujolais, Contest, France, French Wine, Gamay, Wine
With the introduction of the Fifth Annual Georges Duboeuf Nouveau Art Label competition, the winery is once again seeking new artwork for over one million bottles of their Beaujolais Nouveau. This is a very personal project for me. In 2011, I had received my first...
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 16, 2020 | Beaujolais, Burgundy, Education, France, French Wine, Gamay, Red Wine, Wine, Wine Business, Wine Country, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine Hospitality, Wine tasting, Wine Travel, Wine Writer, Wine-Blog, Winemaker, Winery
In an effort to pay homage to all of the wineries and vineyards visited last July in France, I continue with my experiences, as a guest of both Les Vins Georges Duboeuf and Château Roubine. This story started in Northern Beaujolais, scheduled by Georges Duboeuf. The...
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 | Jan 5, 2020 | Beaujolais, France, French Wine, Gamay, négociant, Obituary, Wine, Wine Culture
[PHOTO CREDIT: Portrait-FD-et-GD-Avril] Georges Duboeuf: Born April 14, 1933, Died January 4, 2020 Known as the “Pope of Beaujolais” Being asked to go to Beaujolais on a media tour in July of 2019, was just the beginning of a very intense, five-day sojourn...
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