Being a wine publicist is like being a mother watching your children grow ~...
Although my job with Enoforum Wines ended over a year ago, my relationship to them has remained. Once Enoforum found an importer, the next steps involved getting placements with wholesalers within each...
View ArticleThe Explorers of Portugal Reveal the True Passion Behind Their Wines
While in Portugal and the Alentejo wine grape growing region, I was a guest of Enoforum Wines. At the time, I received a well-rounded education from my friend Delfim Costa. From the beginning of our...
View ArticleHey, Put a Cork In It!
Having read a story about cork in the Wall Street Journal called, “Plastic or real cork: Which is the better way to seal a wine bottle?” it got me thinking, and I became interested enough to actually...
View ArticlePortuguese historical adventures have created an abundant food and wine legacy
During the past 3,000 years, Portugal experienced an ebb and flow of different civilizations invading their country. From Iberian to Tartessian, Celtic, Phoenician and Carthaginian, Greek, Roman,...
View ArticleAmphoras Role in the History of Winemaking
As I’ve earlier written, To Understand Portuguese Wines, One Must First Understand the People. This continues to be my mantra today, to which I would add the word “history” to what must also be...
View ArticlePortuguese Wine Grape Varieties
It is said that there are possibly over 500 Portuguese wine grape varieties. So, I set out to find them. After extensive research, sources are cited at the bottom. Here you go, researchers. Portuguese...
View ArticleExplorers of Portugal Reveal the True Passion Behind Their Wines
While in Portugal and the Alentejo wine grape growing region, I was a guest of Enoforum Wines. At the time, I received a well-rounded education from my friend Delfim Costa. From the beginning of our...
View ArticleWine Life Highlights ~ Portuguese Wines
I was very fortunate to be hired for a couple of years by Enoforum Wines to advocate for Portuguese wines. Part of my PR job actually took me to Portugal, so I could learn about their culture. Any...
View ArticleDo what you want trips, a wine friend of mine emerges as a traveling inspiration
Ah to be young and unencumbered, and to be able to just “do what you want trips”… David Shabelman was working for The Hess Collection, last I knew, and then he just slipped away. It happens a lot in...
View ArticlePortugal’s wine world expresses their history through Manueline architecture
Just as California has European influences that express our history, so does Portugal’s wine world express its history through Manueline architecture. Everything about Portugal leads one back in time...
View ArticlePutting a cork in it….
Putting a cork in it… is the way I prefer, quite honestly. Having read a story about cork in the Wall Street Journal called, “Plastic or real cork: Which is the better way to seal a wine bottle?” it...
View ArticleOpportunity only knocks once and I didn’t answer the door
Kicking myself all over the place… We all know that “Opportunity only knocks once,” and I didn’t answer the door… I’m still asking myself, “Are you kidding me?” BACK STORY: I had just booked a flight...
View ArticleAmelasio Tempranillo es una seductora
Amelasio Tempranillo es una seductora (a seductress): an enchantress, femme fatale, temptress, siren all describe this wine… With its deliciously ample and full bodied flavors, this wine was a just...
View ArticleThree PORT wine picks from Wilfred Wong, Cellar Master at BevMo!
Wilfred Wong is the popular and affable Cellar Master at BevMo! His palate is highly regarded; his opinions matter a great deal. Please enjoy. Winery images have been borrowed from the respective...
View ArticleA list of Portuguese wine grapes, I need your help!
It's said that there are possibly over 500 Portuguese wine grape varieties. So, I set out to find them. The post A list of Portuguese wine grapes, I need your help! appeared first on Wine Blog.
View ArticleWine is only one element of culture ~ Alentejo’s Azulejos
Alentejo's Azulejos ~ the art of Portuguese tiles... The world of wine leads to so, so much more. Travel opens up the myriad of channels to that passion of wine, always revealing more than you expected...
View ArticleDo you ever wonder, “Why do imports seem to cost less than domestic wines?”
Here are some thoughts… Do you ever wonder, “Why do imports seem to cost less than domestic wines?” Each day I analyze who’s clicking onto my blog, from aggregated sources. I found my story, the one...
View ArticleCork, it’s what’s for dinner
When I buy a bottle of wine, a cork closure is as much a choice for me, as is the wine. Having read a story about cork in the Wall Street Journal called, “Plastic or real cork: Which is the better way...
View ArticleAmphoras as seen through the eyes of Portugal
As I’ve written previously, To Understand Portuguese Wines, One Must First Understand the People. I would add the word “history” to what must also be understood. I can now say this, most especially...
View ArticleCork … It’s what’s for dinner
Did you know even that it's an oak tree that has this bark? From the mighty oak, comes the cork, besides the nuts. The post Cork … It’s what’s for dinner appeared first on Wine Blog.
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