Bringing the Vineyard to You Virtually: A Red Car Tasting
April 10, 2021
Gathering for a virtual tasting and uncorking a bottle of wine or two is the closest
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Rae Wilson: A New Texas Wine Perspective
February 28, 2021
Rae Wilson didn’t come to Texas with the ambition of disrupting the wine industry. It
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Second Half 2020 Sample Roundup
January 10, 2021
It’s sample time and I never knew what a challenge these would be in the time of
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You Had Me at Pinot: Exploring Wines of Germany
November 22, 2020
I didn’t grow up in a wine household. A special occasion was a bottle of Blue Nun
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State Fair: Bringing Texas Wine Home
October 25, 2020
The pandemic created a quandary for many organizations. Especially for time honored traditions that brought large
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July 5, 2020
Stu Smith, the Enologist and Managing Partner for Smith-Madrone Winery, didn’t set out to own premium real
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Best Samples for 2020 – To Date
June 28, 2020
Best Samples for 2020 Today’s sample column evaluates 69 of the 128 wines that I’ve tasted over the past
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Navigating the Senses with Sensi Wines
June 14, 2020
Vineyard View from my Last Italy Trip When my long-awaited family trip to Italy was canceled last month
......continue readingA New Coronavirus World: Hug Your Family, Drink Small Producer Wine, Support Local and Exhale
March 15, 2020
As I went to write my planned blog for the week, I realized I had no words in this
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Sonoma County: Ready for Tourism Today
January 18, 2020
The smoke and images were powerful and devastating but did not tell the complete story of what was happening
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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.
