by Jo Diaz | Dec 12, 2019 | Book Sample, Books, Wine, Wine Book, Wine Business, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine Novel
Then there are wine books that are slowly savored, in sound bites. Remember the days of getting ready for a book report? Yeah, that’s what it is. Part of blogging time requires reading and reporting on wine books. Book page is my resource for you. Each holiday season,...
by Jo Diaz | Sep 11, 2019 | Book Sample, Books, Wine, Wine Book, Wine Business, Wine Writer
This has been a long time coming, as I got Sipping Away, 30 Years of Unique Wine Experiences, by David Klein, just before I traveled to France. I took the book with me and read in flight. I was headed to Beaujolais, and all of a sudden I was reading about it…...
by Jo Diaz | Jun 3, 2019 | Books, Wine, Wine Book, Wine Writer, Winery, Wines
Wine-blog’s Books page lists (with links) the wine books I’ve reviewed over time, since my first one on September 11, 2006. I was honoring Kevin Zraly’s Windows on the World Complete Wine Course ©1994. Kevin actually lost his staff, during the...
by Jo Diaz | Feb 25, 2019 | Books, Colonarra Viticultori, Le Marche, Tuscany, Wine, Wine Book, Wine Country, Wine Novel, Wine Writer
BOOK REVIEW: How Andrew Cotto unravels his Cucina Tipica novel is cleverly maneuvered. I just couldn’t put the book down for much else, until I got to “The End.” As I was about to finish his book, my heart was pounding and so wanting an ending I...
by Jo Diaz | Jan 16, 2019 | Biodynamic, Imports, Italy, Wine, Wine Book, Wine of the Week, Wine Writer
UPDATE: Thanks to Jane Nichols, a reader of this blog, she sent an update to me, regarding La Sincette’s appellation: I was so interested in the wine you wrote about that I did a bit of research and happened to find out….the appellation of the wine is...
by Jo Diaz | Jan 8, 2019 | Books, Wine, Wine Book, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine Etiquette, Wine tasting, Wine Writer
If you know me, you know that I enjoy helping friends with their events, etc.. I got to circle back with Kevin Zraly this past fall, when we met again; this time at Castello di Meleto in Gaiole ~ In the Chianti Classico region of Tuscany. Kevin was touring, promoting...
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