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Full Circle: Realizing That Paradise Is Where You Started
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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Tagged California, Chardonnay, Dame Wine, Kenwood Vineyards, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, Wine, Wine Tasting, Winetasting
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The Way to Enlightenment
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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Tagged Beaune, Bourgogne, Burgundy, Chardonnay, Chassagne Montrachet, Château de la Tour, Clos de Vougeot, Clos Vougeot, Domaine Michel Niellon, Domaine Pierre Labet, Domaine Ramonet, France, Grand Cru, Grand Cru Burgundy, Meursault, Montrachet, Pinot Noir, Premier Cru, Premier Cru Burgundy, Puligny Montrachet, Red Wine, Terlato, White Wine, Wine, Wine Tasting, Winetasting
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Quality is Sustained Through Collaboration
Collaboration is one of those things that many of us know is beneficial, but in some ways can actually be detrimental. The human mind is complex and through time, it is possible to have experienced so many interactions with others … Continue reading
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Tagged Argyle Winery, Big Table Farm, Drouhin Oregon, Elk Cove Vineyards, Gran Moraine Winery, Oregon, Penner-Ash Wine Cellars, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, Rose, Soléna Estate, USA, Willamette Valley, Willamette Valley Wineries Association, Willamette: The Pinot Noir Auction, Wine Auction, Wine Tasting, Winetasting
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You Can’t have a Rainbow without Rain
Once we get to a certain place in our lives we sometimes find ourselves revisiting places we had once thought we would never see again. This was my experience going back to one of the most beautiful coastlines in the … Continue reading
Co-Fermentation – Being Our Best Selves Together
America is a crazy experiment when it comes to mixing a diversity of races and ancestries without one distinctive culture uniting all of us. It is messy, chaotic and just plain scary at times… the fierce, in your face, clashes … Continue reading
Broken Beings Brighten the World
If I had tasted the Bouchard Père & Fils 2016 preview wines before I knew about the vintage I would have never guessed that those vines went through such a tough time. The wines were singing… singing as if they had … Continue reading
The Beauty of a Woman
It has been a tough winter for many of us in the continental climate areas – New York City is no exception. A mutant flu and cold season brought many people down for the count, allergies have been more prevalent … Continue reading
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Tagged Chiilean Red Wine, Chile, Chilean White Wine, Chilean Wine, Leyda, Leyda Valley, Pedro Parra, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, Rose, Sauvignon Blanc, Terroir, Viña Leyda, Viviana Navarrete, White Wine, Wine, Wine Tasting, Winetasting, Women, Women in Wine, Women in Wine Leadership Symposium
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Strong Pillars in the Wine World Sustain Communities
It is always interesting to see how we handle unimaginable events in our lives. I lived in downtown Manhattan during 9/11 and if someone would have presented that scenario as a hypothetical situation to me, I would have instantly replied … Continue reading
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Tagged California, California Red Wine, California White Wine, Community, Dry Creek, Dutcher Crossing Winery, Petite Sirah, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, Russian River Valley, Sauvignon Blanc, Sonoma, Sonoma County, Syrah, White Wine, Wine, Wine Tasting, Winetasting, Zinfandel
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The Road Less Traveled
Some people are just so truly creative that even though they have been raised in a seemingly average life, they are able to be innovators in certain fields that go against the grain of normal convention. Others, who were perhaps … Continue reading
