by Jo Diaz | Sep 18, 2012 | Walla Walla, Washington, Wine, Wine Country, Winemaker
UPDATE: RIP Eric Dunham, October 23, 2014 ________________________ I’m fascinated by how closely wine is aligned to art. It’s liquid art, really, when it’s a handcrafted procedure during the winemaking process. Many, like Jan Shrem of Clos Pegase,...
by Jo Diaz | Sep 5, 2012 | Food & Wine, Inn, Washington, Wine, Wine Country, Wine Country Inn, Wine Hospitality, Wine tasting, Winery, Yakima
I have some very special Southwestern places in my heart: Hotel Pacific in Monterey, California ~ A place where Jose brought me, when he was trying to sell me on California… What an advantage it gave him. La Posada Hotel in Santa Fe, New Mexico ~ A place that...
by Jo Diaz | Sep 4, 2012 | Wine, Wine Blogger, Wine Business, Wine Country, Wine Writer, Winemaker, Winery
Twenty miles from Walla Walla is a small Mayberry, American Rockwell town called “Waitsburg.” Karen Gregutt is the one who’s coined this phrase for Waitsburg… It couldn’t be more true. Picture a back porch, where folks love to gather in a...
by Jo Diaz | Aug 29, 2012 | Education, Event, Oregon, Oregon Pinot Gris, Oregon Pinot Gris Symposium, Pinot Gris, Wine, Wine Education, Wine Making, Wine Writer
At the Second Annual Oregon Pinot Gris Symposium presented by Oak Knoll Winery, Paul Gregutt was asked to return as the keynote speaker. The reason for this is multilayered. First and foremost, Paul’s been writing about Northwest wines for over 25 years....
by Jo Diaz | Aug 17, 2012 | Oregon, Oregon Pinot Gris Group, Pinot Gris, Public Relations, Wine, Wine Blogger
Today, more than ever, the writing of a one-page press release is critical, in order to get a wine writer’s attention. Why? Writers are getting more mail than ever, and it’s mostly electronic. Who has time to read a new version of War & Peace? A press...
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