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 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 | Nov 6, 2020 | Champagne, France, French Wine, Terroir, Wine, Wine Making
When is there never a special, or non-special, time for Champagne? Winesellars Ltd. just sent this to me, “It’s time to start drinking Champagne—all the time.” I left them in the dust on this one a l-o-n-g time ago, like any of our 365 days in the year,...
by Jo Diaz | Sep 19, 2020 | France, French Wine, Wine, Wine Accessories, Wine Appreciation, Wine Business, Wine Culture, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine tasting, Wine Travel, Winemaking
What a charming little village Lorgues is, located in the Côtes de Provence region of France. This area bespoke France to me. It’s a region rich in viticultural history; and, is actually known to be the birth of Mediterranean wine grape growing. (From the...
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...
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...
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