Sonoma-Cutrer’s 40th Anniversary Collaboration
July 4, 2021
When it’s time to celebrate a milestone anniversary, many companies feel a sense of nostalgia
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Domaine Carneros: Blazing a Trail
June 30, 2021
For 30 years, Eileen Crane was at the helm as the founding winemaker and CEO of
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One Bottle Each Turning into Three
May 30, 2021
Podcaster invites guest to be on podcast. Guest accepts. Date is scheduled. But life is
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Ricci Curbastro: Ancient Roots Combined with Tradition, History and Culture
April 18, 2021
About 800 years ago, the Ricci Curbastro family started growing grapes and a few
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Desiree Noisette: Rethinking Tradition with Mermosa Wines
April 3, 2021
Desiree Noisette is what you would call a Renaissance women. She’s successfully been a lawyer,
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Storica — Igniting America’s Awakening about Armenian Wines
March 28, 2021
There are many things that I didn’t know about Armenia before I discovered the wines
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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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The Olivini Family’s Tradition of History and Innovation
September 13, 2020
This Summer, I discovered the region of Lugana, one of Italy’s best kept secrets. This seven mile wide
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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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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.
