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L-R: Tom Harrow, Denise Medrano, Moi, Adam Hyman, Zeren Wilson, David Lowe, Simon Burnton
As a wine lover, there is little I enjoy more than getting together with friends and sharing a meal accompanied by beautiful wine. It is one of life’s simple pleasures and one of my most cherished pursuits.
I recently did just this with a group of wine blogger friends. Tom Harrow, the Wine Chap (@WineChapUK) brought us all together for a fabulous dinner at Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Chateau Montrose, Chateau Troplong Mondot, Coq d'Argent, Domaine Weinbach, Louis Roederer awards, Louis Roederer Wine List of the Year, Olivier Marie, Selfridges, The Sampler, Tom Harrow, Wine Chap
Miami. Palm trees, beaches, beautiful people and on Friday September 23rd, host to the Wine Enthusiast Toast of the Town.
I don’t usually get down to Miami when I visit my Mum in Ft Lauderdale, but the lure of over 500 wines and gourmet dishes Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 660 at the Anglers, Cartoixa, Makoto, Miami, Priorat, Russian River Valley, Saia, Scala Dei, Sequana Pinot Noir, Sundawg Ridge Pinot Noir, Terras Gauda, Toast of the Town, Wine Enthusiast, wine in Miami
Some of you may remember a post from a few months ago when I attended the first ARSE, well believe it or not, I’ve done it again! Yes, over the weekend I found myself at ARSE 2 – somewhere in the middle of nowhere, otherwise known as the sprawling British countryside! For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about and fear I’ve been spending too much time with crass-talking teenage boys, the ARSE (or ‘ass’ as we’d say in America) I’m referring to is Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: ARSE, Bordeaux Undiscovered, French wine, Henschke, Spittoon, wine picnic
How many fingers and thumbs does it take to hold and swirl a wine glass while sending a tweet? As I found out recently, it’s a lot harder than it sounds! Many of us in the wine world like to share our wine experiences via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube etc (as this shameless self-promoting link to my first wine video proves!) and usually we do so surreptitiously while trying not to appear rude. However, the other week I attended a tasting where not only was tweeting not considered rude, it was required!
Wine Communicators of Australia recently hosted a ‘Tweet Up’ Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Australian wine, learn about wine, making wine fun for everyone, melbourne wine tasting, sydney wine tasting, tweet about wine, Twitter, twitter wine, wine and twitter, Wine communicators of australia, wine from Australia, wine on twitter, Wine Passionista, wine tasting in London, wine tweets
I was recently invited to a lunch hosted by Riccardo Prosecco, and thought it was the perfect opportunity to make my first video! So instead of me telling you all about Riccardo Prosecco, I thought I’d let Riccardo Tomadin tell you himself!
What are your thoughts on Prosecco? Please leave a comment!
Hope you enjoy the very first Wine Passionista video!
There’s Always Time for Wine!
Tara – Wine Passionista
Tags: first video, Italian sparkling wine, Italian wine, Old Hat Club, Prosecco, Riccardo Prosecco, sparkling wine, sparkling wine from Italy, wine video
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