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Wine is Bottled Poetry
And sometimes, wine can be anything but bottled poetry, more like a bad nursery rhyme, a twisted limerick or even blank verse. But at its best, it is indeed just that – pure poetry. In this blog, I will attempt to avoid sounding like a bad nursery rhyme, but hope that any poetry I find in the bottle will find some expression on this blog.




- Jul 7
ARTICLE: WWC23 – The Wine Student, by Melanie Webber


- Nov 29, 2022
The Mountains are Calling: A Taste of Foradori Wines

- Nov 29, 2022
The Mountains are Calling and I Must Go: Foradori Wines


- Sep 22, 2022
Southern Oregon in Seven Fabulous Wine and Food Pairings (plus three pairing don’ts)


- Sep 20, 2022
Food and Wine Pairing: Six Basic Principles to Build Confidence


- Aug 23, 2022
From Nun to Nirvana: Putting the Sweet Back on Your Wine List!


- Jul 3, 2022
From Nun to Nirvana: Putting the Sweet Back on Your Wine List!


- Jun 17, 2022
From Nun to Nirvana: Dispelling Sweet Wine Myths and Putting the Sweet Back on Your Wine List!


- Jan 31, 2022
The Garagiste Festival: The Wine World's Launching Pad & Best Festival - Returns to Solvang


- Sep 15, 2020
Riverina Reconsidered Part Two: Small Producers Finding the Sunlight in the Shadow of Giants


- Sep 10, 2020
Riverina Reconsidered Part One: Small Producers Finding the Sunlight in the Shadow of Giants


- Sep 1, 2020
The Riverina Reconsidered


- Oct 4, 2019
From Dust to Density: The Powerful Allure of Red Mountain Wines (part two)


- Sep 5, 2019
From Dust to Density: The Powerful Allure of Red Mountain Wines (part one)


- Jan 3, 2019
Tannat: The Dark Horse of the Wine World finds Light in Uruguay…and Paso Robles!


- Sep 1, 2015
Macvin! Macvunderful! A wine that stands up to the heat


- Oct 1, 2014
Tasting Like a Pro: What’s the Point? – from The Garagiste Festival


- Sep 1, 2014
Bubbles to You!


- Aug 1, 2014
White is the New Red