Registration open for TEXSOM 2015 Conference Dallas, TX – Presently celebrating its eleventh year, TEXSOM, the most prominent and influential sommelier education conference in the world, announces that registration is now open for TEXSOM 2015. The TEXSOM 2015 conference will take place August 8 -10, 2015 at the Four Seasons Resort & Club Dallas at…
Last weekend the Soroptimists of Greater Santa Clarita Valley took the greater – and by far the best – part of our weekend with their third annual “Sip, Stroll and Savor the Sounds…The Wine Affair.” The VIP Reception A VIP reception was held exclusively for sponsors on Friday, October 15th at the home of G….
In looking at new ways to help wine 101ers learn about wine I remembered that in the weeks I was studying for my WSET (Wine and Spirits Education Trust) test I asked the other students to my home for some group study meetings. During one of those sessions one woman had found a really cool…
I’m not a mixologist by any stretch of the imagination, but I do have a Level Two Certification in Wine and Spirits. Part of my studies were devoted to spirits, and I have found that though not equal to my wine interests, I do appreciate a good cocktail as well as a straight libation. Discovering…
In our years of writing about wine we have also had many occasions to serve wine in both public and private tasting events. Couple that with the countless events, bars, wineries and restaurants we’ve reviewed and I came up with a quick training guide for our consulting clients that I’d like to share with our…
Thanks for wanting to read about my tasting classes. There are many things that I can do – it’s really up to the host what they want as far as the lesson, wine, spirits and food. My Level Two certification from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) has given me equal time with wine…
What’s with those crazy wine descriptors? Wine 101ers are often bewildered by a wine that promises to offer “notes of freshly sliced apricots on a warm afternoon” or “deep lingering tannins” that they simply can’t find when they taste the wine. online pharmacy antabuse no prescription pharmacy Or worse yet, it’s all that they…
What is all the fuss about? Another cult winery, with another wait-listed membership, is it worth it? With Turley…I’m thinking YES. One bottle, one night, one pasta in a red sauce that was full of fennel, onions, red bell peppers, anchovy, tomatoes, raisins, capers, olives, chicken demi-glace, garlic, sugar, stock… And the Turley killed it. …
Tired of being considered the weaker sex…when it comes to wine? Yes, I’ve read it all: We buy wine based on the pretty labels, the pink color, the low price, and from a supermarket shelf, etc. But we’ve got one thing over our male counterparts when it comes to wine: there are more female “SuperTasters”…