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.
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
......continue readingDebbie Gioquindo, Lisa and me In my last blog post, I talked about my top 10 discoveries from the Wine
......continue readingGrowing 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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The love affair with wine started early – Brian Carter was 14-years-old and he asked his
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Looking from San Francisco “across coast” into Contra Costa County is a lesson in history. It’s
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It’s sample time and I never knew what a challenge these would be in the time of
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I virtually traveled to a new region and winery in Italy continuing the 2020 alternative to what
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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.