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Welcome to My #DIPWSET Journey
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And it’s official, my WSET Diploma studies are underway once more!  This week I began what will be the most intense, most difficult course of my wine life to date: D3 - Wines of the World. Spanning over nine months with weekly...
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Chardonnay wine tasting
My Kendall Jackson Crisis
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As I grapple with having blindly assessed an $11 Kendall Jackson Char as “Very Good” according to WSET standards, so many thoughts...
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Franco Traversa
Traversa, I love you.
Visiting Traversa was one of those wine-made moments I’ll never forget. The people, the land, Nebbiolo, Barbera…the people! Their wines vibrate, limestone-licked and expressed. The winemakers’ warmth present in every sip.
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instagram for wineries
Instagram Tips for Wineries
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Instagram is all the rage these days. So naturally, the wine world has hopped on board to add this social media platform to their marketing mix. Let me shed some light on how to use it!
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azimut negre
The Purple Heart Award
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The Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the CEO of Purple Mouthed to any wine of the world who, while poured under competent (ish) authority in any capacity with Kendal Montgomery, has been LOVED and drank in its...
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#USEME
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Hashtags. Use ‘em. And with that, you could go ahead increase my bounce rate, leave the page, because that’s the meat. I led with the meat.  However, hear me out.  
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Winemaker Roberto Henriquez
Tasting Notes: White Grapes Left To Be
As this week is all about the orange, the skin-contact, the skin-fermented, whatever you want to call them....here are some notes from notable sips of white grapes that were left to be.
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White Grapes Left To Be
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Touching me. Touching you. Flesh to flesh. A sensation like no other. Just as the human touch can turn you on, reach the pit of your stomach and beyond, so is the power of grape skins when in contact with...
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thebeatrose
The Beat
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I drink to the beat of my own drum. Sometimes I have red when the pairing should be white. I’m not beyond pouring juice into a pretty cup just to switch it up. Maybe it affects the swirl, but I...
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Vinha da malhada
The Back Label Broken Record
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Again, this is nothing new from me, but I dunno, just felt like it was time for a public service announcement: PUT SOME JUNK IN THE TRUNK. Get that back label nice and round, 360 with everything else you got...
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