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July 20, 2012 Ramblings and Rants

Vote for Vinography in the 2012 Wine Blog Awards

and voting is now open to members of the public. The Wine Blog Awards are the longest running set of

May 5, 2011 Ramblings and Rants

Read Some Good Wine Blogging

The fact that you’re here, reading this, means I don’t have much convincing to do when it comes to turning

February 11, 2009 Ramblings and Rants

Winners of the DWR Champagne Chair Contest Announced

Some of you may remember my little piece about one of my favorite holiday traditions, the DWR Champagne Chair contest,

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Sticking with the “great wines from grapes you’ve never heard of” theme for a while longer, why not join me for a sip of this alpine gem. Grown in the northerly reaches of Italy’s Valle d’Aosta, just over the border with France and Switzerland, and in some of Europe’s highest altitude vineyards (1200 meters) this wine is made from the Prié Blanc grape. Prié Blanc is the region’s only indigenous white grape, and is rarely found within the Valle d’Aosta, let alone outside of it. Vibrating with mineral intensity, the wine tastes of green apple, lemon cucumber, dried honey, and a hint of herbs. Electric acidity and a sort of peach-pit tanginess linger in the finish. Because the region is mostly tiny growers, Cave Mont Blanc is a cooperative, and a very high-quality one at that. 2013 Cave Mont Blanc de Morgex et La Salle “La Piagne” Blanc de Morgex et de la Salle, Valle d’Aosta, Italy. ⁣
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#alps #aostavalley #instawine #italia #italianwine #valledaosta #vino #wine #winelover #winestagram #winetasting #winetime #whitewine #winelovers #winelife #instagood #wines #love #winegeeks #weirdgrapes #mountainwines #liquidrocks

The wine world is so incredibly vast, life’s too

The wine world is so incredibly vast, life’s too short to drink the same thing all the time. Let’s all drink adventurously, shall we? Here’s a great example. Ever heard of the grape Forastera Blanca? Not likely unless you’ve been to a tiny speck of an island off the Altlantic coast of North Africa, named La Gomera. The smallest of the Canary Islands, it is the homeland for this unusua grape that has been revived commercially by Mr. Agustín Farráis. These own-rooted 100-year-old vines yield a wine that smells of pear skin, sea air and dried yellow herbs. Flavors of crushed stone, sea air, citrus pith, and herbs linger with a faint struck-flint note in the finish, as if the wine, in the end wants to make sure you never forget the volcano. 2017 Bodegas Tajinaste “Paisaje de las Islas” Forastera Blanca, Canary Islands, Spain ⁣
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Celebrating Father’s Day early with a long await

Celebrating Father’s Day early with a long awaited meal at the re-opened @barceloneta_santa_cruz - and it did not disappoint (not that it ever does). I dream of that paella and those patas bravas. ⁣
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#delicious #food #foodblogger #foodgasm #foodie #foodlover #foodphotography #foodporn #foodstagram #instafood #paella #paellademarisco #paellalovers #paellavalenciana #santacruz #seafood #seafoodpaella #spanishfood

When do we get to go outside??? ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣

When do we get to go outside??? ⁣
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#berner #bernerpuppy #bernersofinstagram #bernese #bernesedaily #berneselife #bernesemountaindogcute #bernesemountaindogpuppy #bernesemountaindogs #bernesemountaindogsofinstagram #berneseofinstagram #bmd #dogsofinstagram #puppy #worldofberners #berneseoflife #bernesemountaindog #berneselifestyle🐕 #berneselife🐾 #bernerlovers #bernesepuppy #bernesemountaindoglovers

Go celebrate!! ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #black

Go celebrate!! ⁣
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#blackhistory #blackisbeautiful #blackwallstreet #blm #celebrate #freedom #happyjuneteenth #juneteenth #juneteenthcelebration #love #nojusticenopeace

Citrus studies. ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #beau

Citrus studies. ⁣
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#beautyaddict #citrus #citrusfruit #foodpics #foodporn #foodstagram #fruit #instagood #lemon #orange #oranges #photography #photographylife #photographylover #photographysouls #photooftheday #photoshoot #tasty #vitaminc

Blinded by the light. There’s something ineffabl

Blinded by the light. There’s something ineffable about this blend of three grapes, that has seamlessly woven them together to be greater than the sum of its parts. Like an antique glass window shining in the evening sunlight, 48% Friulano, 41% Ribolla Gialla, and 11% Chardonnay meld into a synesthesia of sunlight, burbling mountain stream and white flowers. Pear skin, lemon pith, grapefruit and wet stones soar through a gorgeous arc, with small bursts of chamomile. Outstanding. 2018 Massican “Annia” White Blend, Napa, California. @massicanwinery rocks it, as usual. ⁣
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Going to be a long hot summer here in the West. ⁣
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#california #californiadreaming #californialife #californialiving #californialove #eastbay #liveoak #love #photography #hiking #trees #treesofinstagram

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