by Jo Diaz | Mar 24, 2023 | Food & Wine, Food and Wine, Loire, Wine, Women in Wine, Zinfandel
Tomorrow is National Women in Wine Day, intended to be a day highlighting all women working in the wine business. It was created last year, by Renae Perry and Yolanda Papapietro, co-owners and founders of Papapietro Perry Winery, shining a light on women who take the...
by Jo Diaz | Dec 19, 2021 | Petite Sirah, Petite Sirah Symposium, Prohibition, PS I Love You, Russian River Valley, Sauvignon Blanc, Wine, Wine Education, Wine Making, Wine Marketing, Wine Samples, Wine tasting, Winemaker, Winery, Wines, Zinfandel
She said, “If anyone can write about Foppiano Vineyards, Jo, you can.” This was said to me by my friend Lorraine Raguseo, who’s now part of their team through Quintessential Wines. And, she’s right. At this point in time, besides the family, I...
by Jo Diaz | Sep 7, 2018 | Alameda, California, Dark & Delicious Petite Sirah®, Dark & Delicious™, Diaz Communications, Memorial, Petite Sirah, PS I Love You, Wine, Wine Business, Winemaker, Zinfandel
Jose walked into my office, saying, “Oh, boy, as his voice went down on the “boy.” Then all went silent. “What!” I demanded to know. “Why say that and then say nothing?” I wondered. “Kent Rosenblum is gone.”...
by Jo Diaz | Nov 8, 2017 | Alexander Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah, Sonoma, Sonoma County, Wine, Winemaking, Winery, Zinfandel
When I began to read about the Pedroncelli Winery’s celebrations for their 90 year anniversary, I was thrown back in time, remembering when I first came to meet Julie Pedroncelli. It was in the early 90s, and I had begun Cat O’Wine Tales. (I was out...
by Jo Diaz | Jul 3, 2017 | AVA, Cabernet Sauvignon, Wine, Zinfandel
[Photo Credit: Atlas Peak Appellation has used this image, with photo credit given to Stagecoach Vineyard] I’ve driven through the Atlas Peak American Viticultural Area (AVA) many times, but I haven’t ascended the Vaca Mountain range. I had one insightful...
by Jo Diaz | Apr 4, 2017 | Green Valley, Photographers, Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, Tour, Travel, Vineyards, Vintner, Wine, Winemaker, Winery, Zinfandel
Travel with me on the Graton Road, in Green Valley of Russian River Valley. We’re heading toward the Forest Primeval. And, we’re feeling pretty much the way Yegor Chernykh must have felt, in 1836. Who was Yegor, you ask? An excellent question… Yegor...
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