I was just in the middle of catching up with my Europe trip when the opportunity arose to visit Sonoma. This would be trip #2 to the region after our much-belated honeymoon 7 years ago. Plus, I know a fair bit more about wine now, so it was going to be incredibly interesting to see… Continue reading Back from Sonoma
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When in Deutschland, find a Fest
We drove from Brussels to Wiesbaden, so we knew we didn't want to do a ton of driving on our first full day, but it was a Sunday, and therefore not tons of options jumped out at us. But R had mentioned wanting a Rindwurst, and the best place for those is a Fest. A… Continue reading When in Deutschland, find a Fest
A new look
You may have noticed that I have a whole new logo and look for this site. I was able to hire the very talented Danielle from Red Bandana Creative to help me develop a logo that better matches my style. All of this goes along with my hope of being able to better center my… Continue reading A new look
Quick bubbly thoughts
This weekend has become all about sparkling wine. A Champagne class Friday, a phenomenal prix fixe meal with Champagne with the first course on Saturday (at Établi), and a Sparkling Wine Tasting at Maxwell for Sunday While at Maxwell, I fan-girled at the person who first set me on the path to my CSW four… Continue reading Quick bubbly thoughts
Nerding Out with Capital Wine School – The Modern Wines of Champagne
On Friday I took a virtual class discussing the Modern Wines of Champagne. I will tell anyone and everyone that my favorite beverage in the world is Champagne (coffee and water are tied for 2nd due to being necessary for existence), and this class did not diminish that one bit. The focus was on the… Continue reading Nerding Out with Capital Wine School – The Modern Wines of Champagne
Nerding out
It's been an incredibly busy time at work. Trying to remember how to do all the bits of the job that we couldn't do virtually, with all of the people all in the same rooms, and with some incredibly challenging schedule changes has been A LOT. Thankfully I was foolish enough to look at the… Continue reading Nerding out
Tasting with someone else’s brain
Sometimes writing notes for a tasting is just plain hard. One particular day, I found myself having to steer my brain away from just thinking about how lovely this particular wine was in my glass, and how refreshing it was, back to how would someone else perceive it. What was making it refreshing? What else… Continue reading Tasting with someone else’s brain
La Vie en rosé
It's the time of year that lends itself to rosé wine and minimal cooking. I spent a good portion of an early evening over the weekend tasting and making notes about the wines I have selected for a virtual rosé tasting I'm hosting in two weeks. Plus, temperatures have been soaring, so if it hasn't… Continue reading La Vie en rosé
Panini and Wine
Sometime in the past 7ish months I started referring to this as “The Great Panini” rather than a pandemic. It was a purposeful change to help get out from under the mental weight that comes with the word pandemic, and it actually helped a bit. I could talk about the choices we were making and… Continue reading Panini and Wine
Wine Beginnings – Part 3
Fast forward a bit, we stash our 1st wine collection in the basements of friends for our return to Germany as civilians. We joined Erich’s “wandering wine Stammtisch,” the Schnudedunkers, and get back to exploring the food and wine around Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Darmstadt and Heidelberg in Germany. We become regulars at restaurants we will never… Continue reading Wine Beginnings – Part 3
Wine Nerd (in progress) 