Tag Archives: Chardonnay

Three Wine Regions In Chile That Excel At Great Value Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon And Carménère

Posted on January 12, 2022 by damewine

How Carménère grape varieties got confused with Merlot grapes in Chile is a mystery to one of the most celebrated winemakers of that country, Marcelo Papa – who oversees Casillero del Diablo and Marques de Casa Concha lineup of wines … Continue reading →

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Fate Has Midwestern Woman Lead Sonoma Winery To Next Evolution

Posted on January 8, 2022 by damewine

As a little girl smelled intriguing aromas of grapes and leaves wafting in the air, her face beamed with a joyful curiosity as her parents drove her around Sonoma County and Napa Valley during harvest time for wine producers. Although … Continue reading →

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The Woman Who Carved A Path For Fine Wines From Argentina

Posted on October 9, 2021 by damewine

A sweet young woman walked side by side with her father, a man who had been her hero from as far back as she could remember, in vineyards that sat at almost 5,000 feet in elevation among the foothills of … Continue reading →

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French Wine Producer Using Electric Wires To Combat Frost In Chablis, Burgundy

Posted on September 7, 2021 by damewine

Very little sleep was had by Domaine William Fèvre’s cellar master Didier Séguier while he fought 20 nights of frost over a span of only 29 days in the Chablis wine region in northern France in April earlier this year. … Continue reading →

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Choosing A Life Based On California Pinot Noir Wine Over The Biotech World

Posted on August 30, 2021 by damewine

The golden sunrise revealed thick fog that slowly rolled over Mount Tamalpais as Chris Kajani stood on her winery’s terrace watching this “miraculous” sight. The wine estate she runs, Bouchaine, is tucked away off the beaten path of Napa Valley … Continue reading →

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A Burgundy Wine Producer: Surviving Tariffs, Covid And 40% Loss Of Yields

Posted on August 4, 2021 by damewine

The past year and a half has been a challenging one for many across the world with waves of the tide of coronavirus shutdowns, illnesses and deaths coming and going with intervals of brief breaks that would hint at normalcy … Continue reading →

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A Loss in Life Can Create Open-Hearted Richness

Posted on May 28, 2019 by damewine

Leola Watts is a woman who has had to suffer through one of the most imaginable losses – her son passed away at the tender age of 34. She said, “I was lost. I was literally lost. He was my … Continue reading →

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Full Circle: Realizing That Paradise Is Where You Started

Posted on April 24, 2019 by damewine

Turning onto a dirt road, the fear of the GPS no longer being of any help starts to sink in; yet the fear is tempered by the raw beauty of the surrounding forest that enveloped the car with the slowly … Continue reading →

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The Way to Enlightenment

Posted on March 23, 2019 by damewine

The people who seemed closest to enlightenment who taught me many of my values couldn’t have been more outwardly different from each other; my childhood next-door-neighbor’s mother who came from a poor background in Mississippi who always was so compassionate … Continue reading →

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Our Existence Shaping the World

Posted on September 24, 2018 by damewine

As I sat on top of a limestone escarpment towering up from the ground up to 1617 feet (493 meters) in the sky, I couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy about the thoughts that flooded my head… if my … Continue reading →

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