by Jo Diaz | Oct 10, 2023 | Argentina, Biodynamic, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Food & Wine, Food and Wine, Malbec, Organic, Red Wine, Terroir, White Wine, Wine
Domaine Bousquet’s Virgen Wines Domaine Bousquet’s family has created a wine called Virgen, with no added sulfites. They’re USDA approved as organic. I know plenty of very health-conscious people who will delight in these wines. Even if you’re...
by Jo Diaz | May 31, 2023 | Brut, Bubbly, Bubbly Wine, California, Carneros, Food & Wine, French Wine, Napa, Wine, Wine and Food
Domaine Carneros debuts a new menu for their popular “Bubbles & Bites” experience. This one is going to be a journey through Southeast Asia. I find this incredibly inviting. Foods from Southeast Asia excite my palate. Just thinking about it, when I read the...
by Jo Diaz | Mar 24, 2023 | Food & Wine, Food and Wine, Loire, Wine, Women in Wine, Zinfandel
Tomorrow is National Women in Wine Day, intended to be a day highlighting all women working in the wine business. It was created last year, by Renae Perry and Yolanda Papapietro, co-owners and founders of Papapietro Perry Winery, shining a light on women who take the...
by Jo Diaz | Nov 20, 2022 | Alentejo, Food & Wine, Portugal, Portuguese wine, Sustainablility, Wine, Wine & Food, Wine and Food, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine HIstory
Here come the holidays, and it’s when we think about wine a lot, for so many festivities, all jammed in at the end of the year. This isn’t my first story about Portuguese wines lately. I’m still exploring wines from the Alentejo region, because of...
by Jo Diaz | Aug 30, 2021 | California, Carignan, Food & Wine, Grenache, Petite Sirah, Red Wine, Rosé, Sonoma County, Sonoma Valley, Wine
Big picture, for some big wines; not over the top wines, just big in flavor, style, and design. MATHIS WINES Wines submitted for review Sonoma Valley Grenache 2017, Mathis Vineyard – field blend ($32.00) Sonoma Valley Überblend 2017, Mathis Vineyard – Petite...
by Jo Diaz | Sep 2, 2020 | Food & Wine, Food and Wine, France, French Wine, History, History Wine, Rosé, Terroir, Wine
My theme is TERROIR; capturing the heart, soul, and essence of it. And, yes, there was most certainly wine education involved. Beautiful places I’ve been and photographed: Provence, France. [PHOTOS: Jo Diaz, all rights reserved.] You say Provence and I say...
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