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My favorite annual wine conference is finally here! And this year it is in Northern Italy!!! There are over 350 different varietals in Italy over 20 growing areas Lake Garda is the home to many incredible wines Tuscany is NOT the only fine wine region in Italy Italian wine making is 4000 years old I …
I don’t know about you, but my passion for wine has always been wrapped around travel and experience, the highlight of the back story, romance and glamour that is in a swirl of a wine glass. That beautiful sensual experience of sipping, learning, thinking, and ultimately, a little buzz, drew me to the experience of …
People say that when you turn 50, you enter the “give a F*&* 50” phase. And so it has become for me, and no-where more prevalent than in my wine purchasing behavior. It’s an attitude of freedom, freedom to do whatever I want. And since social interactions have become so highly coveted post covid, I …
There are many fun ways to use the VINO! card deck. Check out the versions detailed below. Solitaire: 1 player: Remove the Somm cards and bonus cards from the deck, leaving only the picture cards (119). Place the card deck face down. Take a bottle of wine, put it in a blind tasting bag and try …
What does is a Sommelier and where can you find a great professional to hire? I see many posts from people looking to hire a Sommelier. It seems like a simple enough request, right? Well…. It’s not quite as easy as you would expect. It’s important to think through how you want your evening to …
by Marla Kane Colonia Las Liebres Bonarda Classica 2019 from Mendoza, Argentina is made with organic grapes, no oak, and costs about $10 a bottle. That’s what I call a trifecta! Even better, the aroma of olives enticed me when I stole a sniff while it was decanting. Being olive-obsessed, I was drawn immediately. This bonarda is an inky dark …
Marla Kane is a seasoned educator and an avid wine lover. She is a Wine Marketing Consultant for Artisan Wine Group and is a contributing writer for vinotripping.com.
You say Left Bank, I say Right Friday night we covered red Bordeaux. I talked a lot about the wine and the region, having spent a week in the region last July and having created my own itinerary through extensive research. I am sharing information below that I didn’t have time to cover in the …
Champagne: We expected about an hours drive to Reims, and when we arrived we found the city to be a bit drab. We checked in to our really different hotel, Grand Hotel Des Templier, and headed out to see the center of it all, the avenue where all of the big champagne houses are… Taittinger, …
Burgundy: I had been warned I may see things I couldn’t unsee in Burgundy. I wasn’t sure what that meant, and my imagination certainly played out the possibilities before we arrived, but overall we had a great time. It was about a 5 hour drive from Bordeaux, so we got on the road early. The …