Walhalla
Walhalla means Garden of Gods (pronounced Valhalla)
San Gimignano
It was in the 1st century, when two patrician brothers, Muzio and Silvio, fled Rome for Valdelsa and built two castles, Mucchio and...
Traveling today, our airline story.
It's the first of March 2020 and we are excited about our upcoming trip to Italy. March 2nd, 2020, it is canceled and the travel world as...
A case for our perspective.
It has been said that the pen is mightier than the sword. It has also been said that sticks and stones can break my bones but words can...
Red Bubbles for Christmas
What to Drink for Christmas or any other occasion really. So, what is this wine for Christmas we talk of you ask? Firstly, let's just say...
Dining with Bacchus
The last few years have been, well, tough. No wine or food events and no traveling. But that has been changing in the last year and...
We drink MERLOT
Good merlot that is! Is Merlot coming back? It seems to be. Sales, particularly of premium merlot, are inch by inch improving. There are...
MERLOT, oh it's coming back.
Is Merlot coming back? It seems to be. Sales, particularly of premium merlot, are inch by inch improving. There are in some places a...
DRAGON VINE
A new novel from Steven Laine. The story opens with fires raging through Santa Rosa in Napa Valley California and Carmine, the center of...
Sip your way through US wine regions
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Strange times indeed...
How good would sitting in a hot bath and looking out at a vineyard with a beautiful glass of Shiraz be right about now? I have thought...
We don’t even touch it!
Since 1912 the Osborn family have grown grapes and made wine in the picturesque surrounds of McLaren Vale. Today, fourth generation...
Time for this year's favorite wine? Not quite...
It even stopped the sommelier in his tracks... with an OMG who makes this?
D2 DeLille Cellars, get some!
D2 DeLille Cellars In these troubled times, nice things still happen. A couple of bottles of the DeLille Cellars 2017 D2 was sent our way...
Guess what day it is? Merlot Monday, with L’Ecole N° 41
It's Merlot Month! Unless you have been locked up and not engaging the outside world this is not news. Of course, that’s been the norm...
