by Jo Diaz | Mar 19, 2020 | Imports, Italy, Marketing, Red Wine, White Wine, Wholesaler, Wine, Wine Business, Wine Culture, Wine Distribution, Wine Ed, Wine Event, Wine Importer, Wine Marketing, Wine Travel, Winery, WSET
Wine marketer Michael (Mick) Yurch, of The Bluest Sky Group, has shared the following with me, in his circle of friends and colleagues. It’s a fascinating reading, from someone with international relationships in wine. It’s Mick’s job to prepare wine...
by Jo Diaz | Feb 28, 2020 | Education, France, Italy, Wine, Wine Ed, Wine Education
For anyone studying wine for any accreditation in the world of wine, this would be money well spent. I don’t represent this company, but I do appreciate what they’ve produced, so I’m sharing. If you can’t get to any these places, you’ll...
by Jo Diaz | Jan 18, 2020 | Imports, Italy, Wine, Wine Samples, Wine tasting, Wine Travel, Winemaker, Winemaking, Winery, Wines
This intro is for five wines tasted in a series. If you want to just skip to the wine, scroll down for ” Umani Ronchi Vellodoro Pecorino.” Winter white wines are so scrumptious, with not only dense foods, but also with lighter foods. I don’t think of...
by Jo Diaz | Dec 26, 2019 | Capalbio, Italy, Maremma, Travel, Tuscany, Wine
A quick recap from Part I, regarding this region’s location: Capalbio is a commune, from the Province of Grosseto, in the Tuscany region of Italy… WHERE: Tuscany Bordered by Tyrrhenian Sea, on its West Side From Discover Tuscany, “Maremma [as a...
by Jo Diaz | Jul 31, 2019 | Bubbly, Bubbly Wine, Italy, Prosecco, Wine
PREFACE: THE HEART OF THE DEAL ~ THE WINERY: info is coming from the company’s own statements I can’t make up their history Nor am I to try THE SCIENCE OF THE DEAL ~ WINEMAKING THE SOUL OF THE DEAL ~ SAMPLE Imported by LLS (Leonardo LoCascio Selections), a...
by Jo Diaz | May 27, 2019 | France, French Wine, Italy, Oregon, Provence, Rosé, Verona, Walla Walla, Washington, Willamette Valley, Wine, Wine Appreciation, Wine Making, Wine tasting
May, the glorious month, when we know winter is truly behind us. Spring has sprung, and in a Mediterranean climate ~ where I’m living ~ so are the roses. They surround our homes, all colors, all styles, the visual flavors of the season. I just photographed this...
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