This gallery contains 1 photo.
A small producer in California’s Sierra Foothills channels the Alto Adige of northern Italy in producing pitch-perfect wines with Italian red varieties. Continue reading
This gallery contains 14 photos.
Last year, I was lucky enough to spend this week in Vienna, Austria, for my day job. During the evenings, I braved the December cold to visit the city’s Christmas markets. My goal was to explore the city’s food, enjoy … Continue reading
This gallery contains 1 photo.
This gallery contains 3 photos.
At some point after it concluded, the Wine Bloggers Conference transmogrified into the Whine Bloggers Conference. Okay, let’s stipulate that it was damn hot that weekend in Charlottesville, and it is absolutely brutal to taste wines from several dozen wineries … Continue reading
This gallery contains 2 photos.
Washington, D.C., public relations officer David White was honored last weekend at the annual Wine Bloggers’ Conference in Charlottesville when his Terroirist won best new wine blog in the 2011 Wine Blog Awards. White created Terroirist last November as a … Continue reading
This gallery contains 2 photos.
Much of the fun of being a “Wine Explorer” lies in the hunt for different grape varieties from various regions. So when I hear someone say, “They don’t make good wines in —- ” my BS detector swings into action. … Continue reading
This gallery contains 3 photos.
Perhaps the biggest surprise at the Wine Bloggers Conference tasting at Monticello last Friday evening was not that we could taste any wines in 100+-degree heat (and some people couldn’t). Rather, there was a Virginia pinot noir that wowed the … Continue reading
This gallery contains 1 photo.
A heat index soaring above 100 degrees is not an ideal environment to taste wines, but the lawn at Monticello was a wonderful environment for the Virginia wine industry to showcase itself Friday evening to 320 visiting wine bloggers from … Continue reading
This gallery contains 2 photos.
The Wine Bloggers Conference 2011 is taking place this weekend in Charlottesville, Va., a great coup for Virginia’s burgeoning wine industry, as it is the first time the conference has been held off the West Coast. Never mind that the … Continue reading
This gallery contains 1 photo.
When the mercury soars and the heat sears my clothes to my skin, my mind starts to wander farther than it usually does. This week I’m in southern Italy — mentally, at least. The family budget doesn’t allow for a … Continue reading
Dave McIntyre's WineLine 
You must be logged in to post a comment.