March 2nd, 2012
Bordeaux . Chateau Pichon-Longueville . France . Masters of Wine . Travel . Vineyards . Wine
Travel
March 2nd, 2012
Bordeaux . Chateau Pichon-Longueville . France . Masters of Wine . Travel . Vineyards . Wine
July 28th, 2011
Blogging . Emma Pearl Wine . Spicy and Smoky . Tasting Notes . Travel . Vineyards . Wine Bloggers Conference . Wine Tasting . Zesty and Fruity
Wine Bloggers Conference 2011; A Winemaker’s Perspective…
Last Friday I attended the Wine Bloggers Conference 2011. This was one of those events that really brought out why the wine industry is so amazing! So many people in one room that were all excited to learn about and discuss topics pertaining to wine. Unfortunately I was only able to attend the Friday sessions ...
May 13th, 2011
Napa Valley . Travel . Wine
What NOT to do When Traveling in the Wine Country: An Open Letter to Wine Tourists
As the weather warms and the vineyards grow green something else happens in Napa County; tourists appear in flocks. As in all wine growing regions, wine tourism, is a huge source of revenue and we’re happy to see the visitors come, however there are some common sense rules that need to be adhered to if ...
May 6th, 2011
Emma Pearl Wine . Essay writing . Grapes . Masters of Wine . MW exam . Souverain . Travel . Vineyards . Viticulture . Wine . Wine Blogging . Winemaking
Crazy Times: Notes on Blogging, Vintage 2011, Winemaking, and the MW exam…
To my returning readers, my apologies that I have been unable to get a post up for the last two weeks but my life has been insane between full-time winemaking, an on-going house renovation project, a 50 mile bike ride for Diabetes research and my MW studies. To my new readers…Welcome to the Personalities of ...
March 22nd, 2011
Airline Travel . Emma Pearl Wine . Travel . Trellis Systems . Vineyards . Viticulture . Wine . Wine Tasting . Winemaking . Zesty and Fruity
Layovers and Trellis Systems!
So today marked a milestone in my career as it’s the start of my first official Sales Trip! This trip is for my new brand Emma Pearl however the day so far has been less than pearly. I decided for reasons that still escape me to not leave out of the tried and true San ...
April 29th, 2010
Asti . Barbaresco . Barolo . Elegant and Floral . Fresh and Grassy . Italian Wine . Italy . Light and Bubbly . Piedmonte . Spicy and Smoky . Tasting Notes . Travel . Wine . Wine Tasting
My speed tour of Piedmonte
The day after Verona we headed west towards Piedmonte in search of another Italian tradition…Gelato! This was something I was very excited about since I had always heard that Italians make Gelato very differently from ice cream as we know it. We stopped at a little town that was recommended to have some of the ...
April 27th, 2010
Elegant and Floral . Fresh and Grassy . Italian Wine . Italy . Light and Bubbly . Stone and Chalk . Tasting Notes . Travel . Verona . Vinitaly . Wine . Wine Tasting . Zesty and Fruity
Vinitaly and Verona
I was recently invited on a supplier trip to go to Italy and France to visit their production sites as well as local wineries. One of the main highlights of the trip was a visit to Vinitaly, an Italian focused trade show highlighting the wines from all over Italy. I came armed with a half empty tasting journal, two notepads, and my favorite pen plus ink refills in order to capture the day in tasting notes.
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