by Jo Diaz | Jul 24, 2013 | Wine, Wine HIstory, Winemaking
The following was a final project that I wrote for my Enology class at Santa Rosa Junior College, taught by Pat Henderson, winemaker for Valley of the Moon. It was regarding the Mission Grape’s role in California Wine Viticultural history. After my presentation,...
by Jo Diaz | Aug 30, 2012 | History, Wine
The following was a final project that I wrote for my Enology class taught by Pat Henderson, winemaker for Valley of the Moon. After my presentation, which included a tasting of a light but flavorful Malvadino Mission wine, Pat asked for permission to use this piece...
by Jo Diaz | Mar 6, 2012 | Wine, Wine Country, You've Got to Be Kidding Me
[Image is from PBS.org.] This story was pulled for a bit today, because I was trying to get to the bottom of a “he said, she said,” and I now have. The owner gave me a conflicting story, and it doesn’t match with what I’ve been able to...
by Jo Diaz | Jul 24, 2010 | Event, Imports, Jo's World, Spirits, Tequila
One of the joys in my life, for the past year, has been the introduction of tequila into my repertoire. Before working with Tequila Semental, I only knew about tequila as a spirit ingredient in my margaritas. I never saw it as a sipping beverage, and I never believed...
by Jo Diaz | Sep 30, 2009 | Spirits
As I’ve been studying tequila, I initially learned from one source that legal Tequila, as decreed by the Appellation de Origin Controllee” (AOC), also known as Denomination of Origin Tequila (DOT), could only come from one location, and that place is the...
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