Note: Last fall, I was invited to visit the Italian sparkling wine region, Franciacorta (thank you, Jeremy Parzen (Do Bianchi) and the Franciacorta Consortium!). The following is a post based upon some of the information gleaned on that trip. Disclaimer:…
The following is a guest post by Mike Long, Operation Manager for Gondwana Ecotours. Please see the end of this post for a brief bio. When one considers the drink of choice from Costa Rica, coffee is the obvious choice.…
Be warned: This is one of the few non-scientific posts I’ll ever write 😉 According to my cousin, I should have been in China as a result of the numbers of flights I took to get to the Wine Bloggers…
Divine Vintage: Following the Wine Trail From Genesis to Modern Age by Randall Heskett and Joel Butler is a fascinating account of the history of viticulture from the biblical age to modern times. The authors stressed in the beginning that…