All things wine…especially Napa Valley Fine Wines
As The Lovin’ Spoonful sing “hot town, summer in the city…” As the heat of summer is yet to come we’ve already started planning how we are going to have some fun with wine this summer. With Memorial Day weekend fast approaching and our first guests due here at the lake arriving tomorrow we are […]
Happy Mother’s Day to Moms everywhere! Being the youngest in my family and having two older sisters, I used to say I grew up with three Moms. Now that I’m more than a bit older than that, I know I had quite a few more Moms and several other women who significantly impacted my growth […]
With all the handwringing over the future of fine wine be it the retirement of Boomers, the too often ignored Gen Xers, or the insanely over-hyped Millennials, why isn’t there more marketing talk about simply making wine more approachable? And I’m not talking about just putting it in a box, can, or naming it after […]
Do you have any wine traditions? I’d love to know what they are! Our family does – and there are two we follow religiously! The first tradition is when anyone gives the first toast at a table. Everyone, young and old alike, must tap each person’s glass at the table. It’s for good luck. Gets […]
DtC Report 2019: My Take Wrapped up with my current issue of Wine Business Monthly magazine was their annual supplement report, 2019 Direct to Consumer Wine Shipping Report 2018 Year in Review, on the state of the Direct to Consumer (DtC) wine business. After getting over my irritation that the magazine was wrapped in a […]
“I’m looking for a hard headed woman One who will make me do my best And if I find my hard headed woman I know the rest of my life will be blessed Yes, yes, yes” Yusuf/Cat Stevens Happy International Women’s Day! Yusuf/Cat Stevens said it oh so well back in 1970! Naturally, International Women’s […]