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.
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
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Alexia Pellegrini, Chief Operating Officer of Pellegrini Wine Company Our last stop en route to the Wine Bloggers Conference was to
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Looking from San Francisco “across coast” into Contra Costa County is a lesson in history. It’s
......continue readingIn wine, sometimes you have a “jack of all trades, master of none” moment. That moment when you
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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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Christmas this year is like no other for so many reasons for many families. For us,
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Argentina – it’s a land known for beef, culture, dance and wine. People have been planting grapes there
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Bruno Paillard is known for changing the game in the champagne industry, one that almost never sees change.
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Photo Courtesy of Unionville Vineyards Let’s be franc. Cabernet Franc headlines; it’s not an opening act. While
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Crab and Chardonnay = Utopia From blending sessions to vertical tastings to blind tastings, I’ve been blown away
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I didn’t grow up in a wine household. A special occasion was a bottle of Blue Nun
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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.
