The View from the Top
Sasha Kadey Christopher Watkins Ed Thralls I’ve often said that relationships will get you farther than anything in this world. Whether that is a romantic relationship, a business relationship or a...
View ArticleTurn left at the coast
Early in my trip to Oregon in August, I took a day and a half long detour through the southern Oregon region surrounded Salem. One of our stops was Left Coast Cellars, located in the Eola-Amity...
View ArticleAttack of the clones
One of my favorite interactive sessions at the Wine Bloggers Conference was a component tasting of clonal selections of Pinot Noir, hosted by Erath Winery. As a wine geek, I love tasting each piece of...
View ArticleJamming in Carlton
After the Wine Bloggers Conference in August, I was invited to spend an extra day or two in the town of Carlton. Carlton is a small farming town, in the Willamette, bordered by McMinnville, about an...
View ArticleCocktail, laughter, and damn fine jam
After we meandered through the Walk in the Park, the Blitz Carlton crew headed back in to town and met up at Republic of Jam for cocktails and catching up. The Republic of Jam is a unique shop that...
View ArticleStop Inn and stay a while!
The Carlton Inn B&B is a beautiful old farmhouse located just off the main square in Carlton, Oregon. After dinner and after cocktails, Liza, Mary, Matt, Megan and I wandered down the road to...
View ArticleThe hills are a glow with…
Pinot! On our Blitz Carlton tour of the Yamhill-Carlton wine region, I was lucky enough to visit the Luminous Hills vineyard sight. I have tasted the wines of Byron Dooley a few times before, as he...
View ArticleIt's the pinot stupid!
While attending Carlton’s Walk in the Park, I was lucky enough to meet Ken Morrison of K&M Wines. Clearly passionate about Oregon wine, he began his winemaking career 15 years ago with the grapes...
View ArticleThe Wine'd ing up to the Wine Bloggers Conferene
As I unpack my bags from my adventures in Croatia & Italy at the International Wine Tourism Conference next week, I am often asked why do you do it? Why do you blog? And, more importantly, why do...
View ArticleBloggers are irrellevant? Really?
How did we get here AGAIN. I feel like we’ve had this conversation every year, since the year I began blogging. Initially, it was a question of bloggers, online writers, whatever you want to call us,...
View ArticleAnd away we go…
Here we are, on the first full day of June, and the impending Wine Bloggers Conference begins next week. This year marks the sixth annual event, and it’s hard to believe that my little old Luscious...
View ArticleWine Bloggers invade Okanagan
I interrupt this adventure through Croatia to highlight my recent trip to the Wine Bloggers Conference in Penticton, British Columbia. As first glance, one would think travelling to the middle of the...
View ArticleCovert Operations at Covert Farms
Tucked away in a corner of British Columbia that is a well kept secret, Covert Farms evokes an earlier time in North American history; a simpler time, a slower time. Exploring the south Okanagan Valley...
View ArticlePainting the story
The morning sun rises over the mountains, casting light on the lakes below. The thin light of morning almost seems like moonlight, as it peeks through the thin curtains in my room. It was 4:30am, and...
View ArticleTinhorn Creek
On another gorgeous early Summer day in the Okanagan, in the general direction of Covert Farms, I made a beeline for Tinhorn Creek Vineyards. Founded in 1993, Tinhorn Creek has been growing grapes and...
View ArticleNaramata Bench adventures
On the first full day of the 2013 Wine Bloggers’ Conference, while I was doing some last minute rehearsal and logistical planning for my discussion on Saturday about positioning your blog(more on that...
View ArticleAdvice from a Veteran Blogger: WBC do’s and don’t
It’s hard to believe that in 35 days, the 8th Annual Wine Bloggers Conference will be here. Eight years? Eight locations? Eight conferences? Almost eight years of blogging? It’s pretty amazing...
View ArticleRosés of Summer – Tribute to Grace Grenache Rosé
Angela Osbourne is a special woman, with a long history obsession with Grenache. A native of New Zealand, she now makes her home in the Santa Barbara Wine Country, where she sources unique vineyards...
View ArticleAlta Maria Vineyards: Stop in and stay a while in Los Olivos
And now, on to something completely different! This year marked the 7th edition of the North American Wine Bloggers Conference, which I will heretofore call the Wine Whatever Conference to avoid any...
View ArticleThings are a little yeasty in there
After meandering over to Alta Maria, it was finally time to meet my #QBP – Queen Bitches Posse over at Tercero Wines, around the corner in Los Olivos. As I had somewhat secretly clandestinely...
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