by Jo Diaz | Aug 17, 2024 | neo-prohibitionism, Wine, Wine Blogger, Wine Business, Wine Culture, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine Health, Wine HIstory, Wine Hospitality, Wine Making, Wine Marketing, Wine-Blog, Winemaking, Wines
On January 4, 2023, the World Health Organization announced, “No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health.” It was published as a statement in The Lancet Public Health: “when it comes to alcohol consumption, there is no safe amount that...
by Jo Diaz | Jul 4, 2022 | Alentejo, Portugal, Rosé, White Wine, Wine, Wine & Food, Wine and Food, Wine Appreciation, Wine Blogger, Wine Country, Wine Culture, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine HIstory, Wine Samples, Wine tasting, Wine Travel, Winemaking, Winery, Wines, Wines of Portugal
Why discovering Portuguese history, and some wines from Portugal’s Esporão Group, helps to put wine into an overall perspective. Culture plays an enormous role in what the flavors of wine become. Yes, we can grab a bottle of wine and just throw it back, but...
by Jo Diaz | May 7, 2020 | Magazines, Wine, Wine Blogger, Wine Business
SUBTITLE: Wine Blogs Then (2005) and Wine Blogs Now (2020) ~ 15-year perspective THEN In 2004, as a wine publicist, I had heard rumblings about an Alder Yarrow. It seems he had a wine blog called Vinography. I had heard about Web 2.0, and this guy was doing it. Hum,...
by Jo Diaz | Sep 8, 2019 | France, French Wine, History, I'll Drink to That, Imports, Provence, Rosé, Wine, Wine Blogger, Wine Writer, Wine-Blog, Winemaker, Winemaking, Winery
When visiting a winery, to capture its heart and soul – as is my custom – it’s helpful if I know very little about it, going into the discoveries. I don’t want to rewrite anything, except actual factuals… And then, what I see it in...
by Jo Diaz | Jul 7, 2019 | Contest, Wine, Wine Blogger, Wine Writer, Wine-Blog
Once upon a time, I was an artist. Making very intricate jewelry. When it came time to sell it, I fell short of being able to say, “Isn’t that just beautiful! It would look so GREAT on you.” I just couldn’t do it. “Buy it or not,...
by Jo Diaz | Mar 12, 2019 | Chianti, Chianti Classico, Italy, Sangiovese, Wine, Wine Appreciation, Wine Blogger, Wine Business, Wine Country, Wine Country Inn, Wine Culture, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine Exports, Wine Hospitality, Wine tasting, Wine Travel, Wine Writer, Wine-Blog, Winemaker, Winery, Wines
I was the guest of Castello di Meleto in Gaiole ~ In the Chianti Classico region of Tuscany. Hosted by Antonia Caserta (sales manager), their winemaker Matteo Menicacci, and their agronomist Giovanni Maria Farina. Antonia translated, and I was also in the company of...
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