One of my husband Eddie’s coworkers, Brandy W., had been excitedly telling us for months about her upcoming trip to South Africa. Brandy and her boyfriend would be visiting just around the past Christmas holidays. We knew there would be a safari, sightseeing, amazing landscapes, and Brandy’s Facebook was filled with pictures – but not…
Maybe I shouldn’t have said anything. Yes, that’s right, so not like me. But when my brother couldn’t keep up with his daily dram intake – from the Master of Malts Drinks by the Dram Whiskey Advent Calendar – I wrote about it. On his Facebook page. For everyone to see. Do you think my…
The San Francisco Competitions Double Gold Tour gives wine and spirits professionals a unique opportunity to taste the Competitions’ top winners and to discover the next trending tastes, styles and varietals we’ll be seeing in 2016… And with that said your trusty wine and spirits reporter headed over to Ocean Prime in the center of…
There is an alternative for wine tasters that are ready to explore more after Napa winery tasting rooms shut down at night: get thee to the Pure Cru wine bar and tasting room in downtown Napa to taste winemaker Mitch Cosentino’s latest vintages. (And if that’s not enough of an inducement, the downtown Napa area…
Kind of surreal to taste a wine or spirit and come to find yourself in the same city where that wine or spirit is made. Not so surreal for us who live in California and visit local wineries. But imagine this: you are not at home but instead in a faraway place like Edinburgh, Scotland….
LAS VEGAS – PRNewswire – The 2nd Annual 2018 Global Spirit Awards was hosted July 10-13 at Palace Station in Las Vegas. The competition featured a judges panel (https://www.globalspiritawards.com/judging/) of industry experts with extensive diverse spirits, and mixology backgrounds to determine each of the spirits’ quality. The judging process for the specialty spirit categories began with a…
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Washington D.C. – SommCon,® a leading conference for wine industry professionals and serious enthusiasts, held in Washington, D.C., July 22-24 has announced this year’s winners for the Young Leaders Summit Scholarship program presented by Tasting Panel / The SOMM Journal. The 10 aspiring professionals, all under the age of 30, with a passion for entering a profession in…
