by Jo Diaz | Dec 29, 2016 | Petite Sirah, Petite Sirah Symposium, Wine, Wine Education
PS I Love You began in October, 2002. Today this Petite Sirah advocacy is still actively educating. It’s 14 years later. Early on, when I’d help wine writers to understand that Petite Sirah is not spelled with a “Y,” I’d mostly get people...
by Jo Diaz | May 11, 2016 | Petite Sirah, Wine
I have a granddaughter whose middle name is Sirah… Yes, in honor of my life’s work that’s involved Petite Sirah. I’ve been writing stories for my grandchildren, and I recently thought, “How can I explain to a two year old what her middle...
by Jo Diaz | Oct 18, 2012 | Petite Sirah, Petite Sirah Symposium, Wine, Wine tasting
After actualizing months of planning, and the long day of putting on an educational symposium, it’s virtually impossible to do anything else of substance that day. That won’t keep me from trying, however, if I come up with what seems like a great...
by Jo Diaz | May 25, 2012 | Organization, Petite Sirah, PS I Love You, Public Relations, Wine, Wine Business, Wine Education, Wine Making
I was recently accused of not knowing much about Petite Sirah on this website, by someone who doesn’t know what I’ve done. (Thanks Larry Schaffer for defending my honor. My guys are the BEST!) Larry wrote: First off, let me say that Jo Diaz is the heart...
by Jo Diaz | Apr 18, 2012 | Alexander Valley, IMHO, Opinion, PS I Love You, Sonoma, Things to do in Wine Country, Wine, Wine Business, Wine Country, Wine tasting, Winery
More than once on this blog, I’ve written about children having a place at wineries. They should have a place, in my humble opinion. Most winery owners have children, and their children – like mine did when living at home – were able to enjoy wine...
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