“A What?!” You ask. A Gruner Vetliner, I reply. You know, that awesome white grape from Austria. I really enjoy Gruner’s in the summer. Try the Austrian Pepper – on the nose, I smelled hints of herbs and spice. […]
Happy Thanksgiving! & Project Wine Blog: My Challenge #8 – Piece of Cake
Happy Thanksgiving VS Readers!!
I have A LOT to be thankful for this year, especially for all of YOU! :) This blog and all the relationships, connections and opportunities I have made through it have developed so much since a year ago. I thank you all for your support! And if this year is any sign of what the next year has in store for me, I look forward to all that I will be thankful for next Thanksgiving!
To celebrate with you all, here are a few photos from my Thanksgiving Dinner I made 2 weeks ago for Frenchie le Boyfriend’s family in their hometown of Nantes. (And the dessert/wine pairing is my Challenge #8 for Project Wine Blog!)
EWBC ’10 ~ The Intern’s Take ~ Soirée 1
Last post we left off with the Austrian Wine Technical Tasting for Day 1 of the European Wine Bloggers Conference (EWBC) … So what do you do with a restless/loquacious crowd of 200+ wine blogger/professionals?
EWBC ’10 ~ The Intern’s Take ~ Day 1
Hello VS Readers! I hope your virtual bags are packed! I am about to take you on a virtual trip to the European Wine Bloggers Conference (EWBC) 2010 in Vienna, Austria!
Oh, and get you your virtual liver ready too! hahaha!
My Challenge #2 for Project Wine Blog
Challenge #2 ~ It’s all Foreign To Me! Any wine blogger ‘worth their weight in wine’ can talk up a storm about their ‘favorite’ wine region… but can you go outside your comfort zone and tackle a foreign wine region? – Pick the wine region you know the least about and write a post on it – be creative and have fun with it!
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So which wine region do I know the least about? Well there are quite a few for me to choose from, but after some giving it some thought, I chose…