There are all kinds of festivals and events happening about this time of year, especially in areas where it isn't so cold because we can finally get outside and not die of the heat. Here's some information on a wine... Continue...

Not that long ago I gave you a heads up about the 11th Annual Food and Wine Festival at Epcot in Orlando, Florida. This is one of the best times of year to go to theme parks in Florida, because... Continue...

Okay, I think the picture to the left says it all. This is not your typical Florida event. I'm sorry folks. That picture just doesn't resemble much of what I've seen around here. Not that it isn't beautiful. In fact,... Continue .

Hey Folks! Saturday is Wine & Cheese IV: Signs and Portents . I’m also going to add something to mix it up a little bit. Beau over at Basic Juice is hosting Wine Blogging Wednesday #26 , which ... us wine bloggers blogging about specific wines, we’re supposed to send tasting notes along about a wine from one of the origins he mentions and see if people can guess what origin it is. I’m going...

By all accounts of the participants I've talked to or read, Antonia Allegra's Symposium for Professional Wine Writers is a great success. The 3rd Annual SPWW happens February 20-23, 2007 again at Meadowood in Napa Valley. And for those...

My neck of the woods is generally a fairly quiet little place. Glen Ellen in Sonoma Valley is off of Highway 29, the major road tht runs down the center of Sonoma Valley. Despite the tourism that is year round,...

Why did you buy that wine? Why did you pay more for this wine? These are questions that wine markers want answers to. The answers hit on your expectations, experiences and comfort level with wine. And I'm curious about those...

I don’t know if I’ll make it out Saturday, but I’ll definitely be out Friday at the Cleveland Wine Festival . That’s right, folks; that event’s coming up this weekend. It’s the first ever Cleveland Wine Festival. How can you not go out and support...

Friday night I stopped in for a few hours at the first ever Cleveland Wine Festival on Voinovich Park. I was a little worried about the weather, but the rain cleared up nicely for a cool, crisp evening leaving perfect weatherfor enjoying some wine. Sadly, I hadn’t the time to visit on Saturday ... , but understandable, given the counterscheduling with the Columbus Food & Wine Affair ; most of the smaller ohio...

) crowds that showed up. Wine drinkers rather than wine lovers - While I am all for the general public coming along to these events and finding out more about wine, it was painfully obvious ... Wine Australia, the biennial exhibition of Australian wine and wine related products has come ... cases it was the winemaker themselves or a family member who put all their effort into the wine who...