by Jo Diaz | Jul 22, 2026 | History, Wine, Wine 101, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine HIstory
Part 1: Why ~ Do you really think wine’s 8,000 year old history is evaporating? C’mon. Wine’s history is long and winding, and it’s had its ups and downs and back again. We’re all in another segment, and we just need to continue being...
by Jo Diaz | May 14, 2025 | Argentina, Wine, Wine Country, Wine Culture, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine Etiquette, Wine Event, Wine Exports, Wine HIstory, Wine Hospitality, Wine Importer, Wine Leader, Wine Making, Wine Marketing
I’ve exceeded an age expectancy, and it was a recent realization. My life partner Jose is always quick to say the following about life, “If you’re not busy being born, you’re busy dying.” And I’ve decided that I’ll be damned...
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 | Aug 15, 2024 | Food & Wine, Wine, Wine & Food, Wine and Food, Wine Business, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine Event, Wine Health
Initially, the statement Come Over October seemed simple enough, still it’s grown a bit tricky as I delved deeper. We hit plateaus in life when we settle into comfortable grooves. Wine journalist Karen MacNeil (Speaker, Consultant, Author) does a great job...
by Jo Diaz | Jul 7, 2024 | Bottles, Wine, Wine bottles, Wine Business, Wine Business Innovation, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine Making, Wine Marketing, Wines
Facebook Research, “Blue Booze And Wine Bottles.” I wrote, “Wine marketing question. I already have my own thoughts, which I’ll disclose. For now, though, what do you think of these bottles? Just curious. I had a deliberate reason for choosing them...
by Jo Diaz | Nov 20, 2022 | Alentejo, Food & Wine, Portugal, Portuguese wine, Sustainablility, Wine, Wine & Food, Wine and Food, Wine Ed, Wine Education, Wine HIstory
Here come the holidays, and it’s when we think about wine a lot, for so many festivities, all jammed in at the end of the year. This isn’t my first story about Portuguese wines lately. I’m still exploring wines from the Alentejo region, because of...
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