Weather Won't Hamper a Visit to Irvine and Roberts Vineyards
While inexplicable feathers fell from the sky as we settled into the Irvine and Roberts tasting room, I was reminded of...
One Love Cellars - What's love got to do with it?
One Love Cellars is a story of a dream, passion, love, adversity and loss. It is also the story of determination, dedica...
Red Lily - A Year Later
After my first encounter with Red Lily Vineyards, I signed up to do the Wild Rogue Relay again, mostly to get back to th...
Earth Song Vineyards - An Island of Grapes in a Sea of Hemp
When you follow the GPS directions to Earth Song Vineyards, you can’t help but notice the acres and acres of hemp...
Red Lily Vineyards- Will Run for Verdejo
When two of my favorite worlds collide, it’s a most wonderful thing. This is a story of running, sweating and Verdejo. L...
Fences Winery -- Don't Fence Me In!
The vineyards at Fences Winery The unassuming fence that guards the property that Fences Winery calls home is deceivin...
REALLY Tasting Wine at its Source, The Barrel
One the many luxuries of having winery-owning friends is that they call you to help with a myriad of tasks, and of cours...
A Writer is a Writer is a Writer (or Travel and Wine, the Writer's Dream)
More than 45 years ago, I graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in journalism. For several years, I used the skil...
Barrel Tasting - A Lesson from the Pros
One the many luxuries of having winery owning friends is that they call you to help with a myriad of tasks, and of cour...
A Wine Blogger's Dry January
January will come and go Why would a wine blogger decide to do a dry January? How can that be good for business? Well,...