My name is Melanie Ofenloch and I have a philosophy – no wine snobs allowed. While my profession is marketing communications, my passion is drinking wine. I don’t consider myself a wine expert – just an everyday person with a love for the grape, a few annual Pilgrimages to wine regions and at the end of each year with an ugly Visa summary to prove it.
SIMI Winery started with the hard work and persistence of two immigrant brothers. But it
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Kari Auringer didn’t set out to use her creativity and craftsmanship to make wine
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Growing up, Founder and Winemaker Phil Long of Longevity Wines didn’t have much exposure
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The Women of Bacigalupi Vineyards, Photo Credit: Bacigalupi Vineyards Bacigalupi Vineyards is one of the best
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Jon Larson, Proprietor and Winemaker of Angwin Estate Vineyards, Photo Courtesy of Angwin Estates Jon Larson is the
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Our wine trip continued in Sonoma where we spent time at four places– Arista, Passalacqua, Skipstone and Scherrer Wineries.
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This October, I had the opportunity to attend the Virginia Wine Harvest Party, which was a two-day whirlwind media tour
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A Conversation with Tom Gamble: Preserving a Family, Farming and a Legacy It’s been about 18 months since I last
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Me and Gaia Gaja If Italian royalty comes knocking, one answers the call with an appropriate curtsy. When I received
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As a wine blogger, I get a lot of samples and I am very grateful to have the chance
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It’s been six years since I’ve had the opportunity to visit Paso Robles, a large, diverse
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The most important driver of Puppione Family Wines may surprise you. It’s about Chris
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The phrase ‘variety is the spice of life’ was first seen in 1785, in William Cowper’s
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Back in 1542, the Bisol family started cultivating grapes in the Valdobbiadene area of Italy.
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Fifty-one years ago, Stu Smith made the decision to purchase 200 forested acres on the
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Since 1886, Freemark Abbey Winery has been one of trailblazers in Napa Valley with a
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Every decision at Clif Family Winery must answer a question of betterment of planet, people,
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Since its inception, the story of Cristom Vineyards has been about connecting family, farming and
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My name is Melanie Ofenloch and I have a philosophy–no wine snobs allowed. I don’t consider myself a wine expert – just an everyday person with a love for the grape.