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(insert mouth noise of confidence) Back in September GUY and I were interviewed by Debbie Gioquindo, Hudson Valley Wine Goddess. Such a cool honour overall.  We met Deb thru our online Twitter program #WineStudio, where we run a 4 week curriculum program based on wines from our sponsor, LeMetro Wine. Underground. Afer hearing the Podcast interview, my ego of course was screaming about the way I sounded. I hear myself much differently than what spews forth. And of course realizing this, I began to panic. Started really thinking about our … Read more →

A Peacock’s Tail of Similarities within the Differences

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What if our religion was each other, If our practice was our life, if prayer our words? What if the temple was the Earth, if forests were our church, if holy waters—the rivers, lakes, and oceans. What if meditation was our relationships, if the teacher was life, if wisdom was self-knowledge, if love was the center of our being. ~Ganga White The Pinot Noir grape has been called many names:  “finicky”, “changeable”, “heartbreaker”, “cantankerous”.  It is truly a grape that is an expression of its surroundings. Regardless of where it’s … Read more →

Lenné Knows

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I attended a wine bloggers conference in Portland, Oregon earlier this year.  I was quite eager to go since GUY and I had written a proposal for the Virginia wine industry and our main selling point was the fact that Oregon went from fringe wine to the #3 wine producer in under 30 years.  Although I had researched the subject, I had never visited Oregon, but of course I’ve tasted many wines from all over the state. For this trip, however, I was seeking a more philosophical approach; I reached … Read more →

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