This past weekend marked the 13th annual Open That Bottle Night, inspiring me to make the following confession to you… I have a problem when it comes to wine. A problem that my husband diagnosed years ago when we first got into wine, but only now have I recognized the severity of this… “problem”. It […]
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How do I begin writing about Italy? When I was studying for the Court of Master Sommelier certified exams the country that intimidated me above all others was Italy. Many folks tell me it is France that they fear the most. But for me France was the easy one. France was always my favorite. The […]
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Up until this weekend if you had asked me about making homemade gnocchi my answer would have been “sure, if by homemade you mean cutting open a vacuumed sealed pack purchased at Trader Joe’s then throwing them into boiling water, then yes I have”. Only there’s nothing truly homemade about that process and in fact […]
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(This is a revised and extended version of an article I wrote for the 2012 International Wine Tourism Conference held in Perugia, Italy earlier this month. To read the original please click here) “We are small. We are new. We want to produce our own wines with our own personality. As a new producer […]
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I am always on the search for quality value wines and you all know I love to cook too. So when my friend Amy, aka the VineSleuth, contacted me for help on her new ebook I jumped at the opportunity. Amy has created a fun and savvy cookbook with recipes by cookbook author and mom […]
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I have just returned from Italy where I spent nine days exploring the wine, food, and sights with a group of talented (and fun) bloggers, writers, and other media. We were there for the International Wine Tourism Conference where I presented a seminar titled, “A Sense of Place: How to leverage your region and place […]
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