Global Wine Production is down, Consumption is UP. Global wine production took a serious hit in 2017. I just wrapped my commentary on The Weather Channel. Our topic was about the historical drop in ...
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Crazy, Sexy, Pink from Italy: Chiaretto Rosé {VIDEO}
{VIDEO} ROSÉ BROUGHT ME TO ITALY. IT WAS THE BEAUTY OF THE LAND, THE ROMANCE OF THE REGION OF VENETO AND THE PEOPLE OF BARDOLINO WHO MADE ME WANT TO STAY. Italian rosé is ...
El Bierzo, Spain. The Wine World’s Best Kept Secret
{VIDEO} El Bierzo, Spain will make you feel like you’ve stepped back in time. But it is the wine, made from the grape Mencia, that will steal your heart. Traveling to Spain is not on my ...
Michael Franti Featured in Napa Valley Benefit Concert at Robert Mondavi Winery
Michael Franti Featured at "For the Love of Napa" “We felt it was important to bring music directly to the North Bay to raise both money and the spirits of our friends and neighbors in wine ...
Harvest: Kevin Morrisey on Wine & Ehlers Estate
Flirting with Autumn, this years harvest takes place on a cloud covered pre-dawn morning at Ehlers Estate. VIDEO INTERVIEW "Before this last heatwave, we had a completely different crop out ...
Beaujolais Gamay: The Masters Weigh-In from Pebble Beach
When an event brings the right wine personalities together the room becomes electric. Such was the case with the panel at Pebble Beach Food and Wine this season, featuring a discussion on Gamay ...
Five Rosés for Your Summer Fun!
Here's to Your Rosé Summer. Whether you're poolside, relaxing under the shade of a tree or on a beach in the Mediterranean there's a Rosé sure to change your outlook on the heat. My first encounter ...
The Rhapsody of Provence Rosé
Provence Rosé is the very foundation of Rosé "We grow Rosé, we live Rosé, we think Rosé." Chateau Gassier. I think to myself, they should add "We are Rosè." To taste French Rosé at home is one ...
Pebble Beach, World Class Chefs and The Lexus Effect
Pebble Beach Food and Wine's Featured Chefs: Stephanie Izard of Girl & The Goat with Carlo Mirarchi of Blanca NYC The interview, with Drew Barrymore and her winemaker, Kris Kato was more than ...
Three Must Have Summer Time Wine Books
Wine books. Summer time reading! Not something you often hear people requesting. Many wine books are technical, meant for industry wine geeks. I have several of the aforementioned wine books in my ...
Judging & Tasting Chocolate in Oregon. Difficulty Level 8.
I am judging & tasting chocolate in Ashland, Oregon. Chocolate. Yep. Judging & tasting chocolate. It is the pied piper of the calorie wagon. Tasting chocolate is not a one size fits all ...
Celebrating Change for Women Chefs
James Beard Foundation Helps Change the Game for Women Chefs & Restaurateurs {Video Interviews} Women Chefs & Restaurateurs have many of the same challenges that plague women in other ...