by Jo Diaz | Aug 5, 2019 | Beaujolais, Flavors from the World of Wine, Food & Wine, Food and Wine, France, Gamay, Wine, Wine Business, Wine Country, Wine Culture, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine Folly: Magnum Edition of the Master Guide, Wine Travel, Wine Writer, Wine-Blog, Winemaker, Winemaking, Winery, Wines
PHOTO: Taken in the Beaujolais region of France, at the Georges Duboeuf’s Chateau, in Romaneche-Thorins, France. Georges Duboeuf is the highly regarded founder of Les Vins Georges Duboeuf. These are all of my own images from my trip to Beaujolais, with the...
by Jo Diaz | May 5, 2019 | Brut, Bubbly, Bubbly Wine, Chianti, Chianti Classico, Flavors from the World of Wine, Food & Wine, Imports, Italy, Le Marche, Sangiovese, Tuscany, Wine
Honestly, our American culture, in this May of 2019, has so drastically changed from when I was, say, 5-years old, in Maine. This seems unreal to me, now, but I do remember the first TV that came into my home. My dad was an early adopter of electronic gadgets. We had...
by Jo Diaz | Sep 13, 2018 | Art in Wine, Chardonnay, Flavors from the World of Wine, France, French Wine, Wine, Wine of the Week
Sample: Quintessential Wines ~ Georges Dubœuf Pouilly-Fuisse 2015 (Flower Label) PREFACE – PART 1 ~ WHITE WINES World Regions ~ Mâconnais, France HEART ~ THE WINERY: This information came from an interview I had with Franck Duboeuf SCIENCE ~ WINEMAKING ~ From...
by Jo Diaz | Jan 22, 2018 | Flavors from the World of Wine, Food & Wine, Food and Wine, France, Imports, Rhone, Wine, Wine & Food, Wine of the Week
FRANCE ~ FERRATON Père & Fils FERRATON Père & Fils: In 1946, winemaker Jean Orëns Ferraton, also the son of a winemaker, began his vineyard in the Rhône Valley of France. Jean’s son Michel became the next generation rooted in the same passion. Over time,...
by Jo Diaz | Aug 22, 2016 | #IAMarone, Amarone, Flavors from the World of Wine, Food & Wine, Italy, Veneto, Verona, Wine
Thanks, Radical Cartography, for this borrowed map image, in order to show how Europe and the US have regional differences, base on borders. As an employee of wine companies, I had the privilege of being a frequent flyer. There are only 10 of our 50 states I...
by Jo Diaz | Nov 30, 2015 | Bordeaux, Culture, Flavors from the World of Wine, Food & Wine, France, Video, Wine
I’m really pleased that I was asked to consider giving publicity to a new travels series called Beyond Bordeaux. The LCBO Broadcast Production Group’s series takes us beyond the obvious… the wines. When I had time to review the episodes, I was...
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