by Jo Diaz | May 3, 2025 | Sample, Wine
I was asked if I’d like to receive a sample of the “best bag ever.” It’s not what they called it, but in my day-to-day life I now really do. As luck would have it, we have a pool, and I can’t wait for pool weather to come around again. In...
by Jo Diaz | Aug 24, 2024 | Sample, Wine, Wine Accessories, Wine Appreciation
Experience the Best Wine Glass Ever with Copain de Vin—a captivating newcomer that’s quickly become my favorite. Discover why as you read on. Clarifying… In 2019, I actively contributed to the development and perfection of the Eisch glass for Petite Sirah,...
by Jo Diaz | Apr 20, 2024 | Alentejo, Alicante Bouschet, Herdade do Esporão, Portugal, Portuguese wine, Sample, Wine
I don’t know about you, but I do know when wine sings to my soul I’m in my happy place… This time it’s Herdade do Esporão, located in Alentejo’s oak cork forests, in Portugal. They can be found in the Reguengos de Monsaraz region, and it was a...
by Jo Diaz | May 3, 2023 | Geography, Sample, South America, Uruguay, Wine
It takes a huge image to show how small Uruguay truly is, done deliberately to emphasize this small country. It seemed to me, on this global map, perhaps Uruguay is the size of California, so I compared. Uruguay’s 1.8968 trillion feet. The size of California is...
by Jo Diaz | May 28, 2022 | Chile, Colchagua Valley, Sample, Sauvignon Blanc, Wine
First things first: Have you ever wondered what the chemical is that’s responsible for the unique aroma of Sauvignon Blanc? Surely nothing is more distinctive in other wine grape varieties and you’d be right to think that. It is Methoxypyrazines...
by Jo Diaz | Jun 3, 2020 | Pinot Noir, Sample, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Wine
Pinot, Pinot, Pinot; we’re all pretty turned onto this one, right? After “Sideways, we all wanted to taste Santa Barbara Pinots, right? The following 2016 Lucas & Lewellen Pinot Noir from Santa Barbara County, now defines Pinot in Santa Babara for me....
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