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.
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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This Summer, I was lucky enough to be included on the insiders list for one heck of a party as the
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Gathering for a virtual tasting and uncorking a bottle of wine or two is the closest
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Desiree Noisette is what you would call a Renaissance women. She’s successfully been a lawyer,
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There are many things that I didn’t know about Armenia before I discovered the wines
......continue readingKari 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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Rae Wilson didn’t come to Texas with the ambition of disrupting the wine industry. It
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Thuwmpf. You know that sound. It’s the sound you hear before the deafening silence as
......continue readingIt’s been 12 months since the pandemic officially began. Looking back, I estimate I have
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Nearly 11 years ago, I made my first trip to Washington Wine Country for the Wine
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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.