Celebrating My Portugality- #EsporãoDay

July 9, 2019.Reading time 11 minutes.

{I attended this event as media but no other compensation was provided. Thoughts are my own.} In honor of the inaugural Esporão Day, the winery and Evan Goldstein, MS invited me an other writers from the area to “celebrate our Portugality.” Without this country’s agricultural and epicurean contributions, our tables would look very different. Without […]

Poring over the Wines of Portugal-Alentejo

May 8, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

{These wines were provided as media samples. No other compensation. Thoughts, opinions are my own.} If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why? A typical party question which allows you to ascertain a great deal from the answer. For those posing the question, the answer provides insight. How adventurous […]

An American Revolution-Locations Wines

March 10, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

You may recognize the label even if you haven’t tasted the wine. Perhaps flying past you on the Autobahn, adorning a neighbor’s Volvo 240 wagon, or through your fingers as you covered your eyes, held on a prayed in a taxi in Rome. The oval stickers on European cars denoting the country of origin have found a new […]

Picnic with Portugal-Memorial Day Wines

May 22, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

You’ve been invited to a BBQ or a picnic this weekend with 20 of your closest acquaintances. You know them, but not well enough to know their taste in wine. Do they drink wine? Are they REALLY into wine? You want something nice, but not too nice. Interesting, but approachable. Something that goes with a wide variety of […]