Hope For Beginners
Here’s a lovely story of how a writer travelled her road from beginner to wine aficionado…told with The Billings Outpost
Here’s a lovely story of how a writer travelled her road from beginner to wine aficionado…told with The Billings Outpost
La Soiree 28th Beaujolais and Beyond Festival! Don’t you LOVE being first? Francophile’s wait all year to celebrate the harvesting and release of the first wine of the year with a traditional Beaujolais Nouveau tasting. This lively fundraising event offers an evening filled with a variety of gourmet foods to sample, French wine tastings, an…
BKWine is offering three wine and gastronomy tours this autumn to France and Portugal. The tours, organized by Britt Karlsson of BKWine based in Paris, specialize in wine, food and gastronomic travel. The new tours on the program are: September 8-12: Bordeaux Focuses on ambitious and dynamic wine makers of this region. October 22-26: The…
The stunning bottle of “Chambord,” is the perfect choice for the collectors, even if they are not the wine lovers. They have their signature round bottle. Chambord Liqueur Royale de France is a black raspberry liqueur which comes in a bottle that is styled after the globus cruciger—a medieval emblem of Christian authority sporting the…
Christopher Sawyer is the sommelier-in- residence at the Carneros Bistro & Wine Bar at the Lodge at Sonoma boutique hotel in this quaint town. But when he’s not working there, he’s the personal sommelier for such Bay Area luminaries as the family of Gordon Getty (oil, that is, black gold, Texas tea) in San Francisco…
The inductees of the 2009 Vintners Hall of Fame have been declared. The hall of fame in the Culinary Institute of America situated in St. Helena, California is dedicated towards honoring all those who have been instrumental in contributed to the wine industry of California. For the present year, the group includes Gerald Asher –…
It started as a wine appreciation club in Boston for and by African American women. Now they have their own wine, as the #1 hottest small brand –– the Mendocino Wine Company — has blended Divas Uncorked Chardonnay so sisters who sip can “uncork your inner diva.” It’s now on sale for $13/bottle and has…