NEW YORK (PRWEB) – The Portuguese Cork Association (APCOR) and the California-based Cork Quality Council (CQC), and its member companies – Portocork, Amorim Cork America, Scott Laboratories, M.A. Silva Corks USA, Lafitte Cork & Capsule, and Cork Supply USA – have made a combined donation of $70,000 to assist the victims of the 2017 North…
Every year, or at least every year that I remember, I do a round up of holiday gift ideas from very creative pals and a few things I’ve seen myself. This year there are some new gift ideas in my list and from new sources too, check it out: Cork Wine Stoppers: Great for party…
To keep myself busy while caring for my injured-yet-again spouse, satisfied more by angry single malt Scotch than the doctor prescribed Vicodin, I called Tanya Green, the new owner of Wine 661 to find out what new things they are offering the SCV wine drinking public, myself copiously included. Okay Tanya, I have been to…
NEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) – According to a recent survey conducted on behalf of APCOR – The Portuguese Cork Association, 89 percent of the world’s top wines as selected by Wine Spectator in 2016 are sealed with cork closures. Each year since 1988, Wine Spectator has released its Top 100 list, selecting the best wines…
When my associate/partner/friend Michael Perlis successfully got me to agree to take on consulting clients (yes it took awhile) my only concern was that I didn’t want to do any less wine writing. So, instead, after every pitch we made was accepted, I gave up some of my non-wine writing gigs. I knew that I…
Awhile back I did a few things, I wrote Wine Service at Your Home, an Event, Bar, Winery or Restaurant, another on Bad Somm Service and compiled a little 99 cent e-book called Wine Etiquette For Everyone: How To Feel Like A Pro In Any Situation Involving Wine. Fast-forward a couple of years and as…
A quick overview of what the four classes will cover: Selecting and understanding the vineyard, Harvest: Pre, Post and During Inside the winery, fermentation and making the wine Barrel usage, racking, topping off and aging Bottling, Corks, Labels and labeling laws What to bring to class: An open mind A great attitude A passion for…
Napa, California — Amorim (www.amorimcork.com/en/), the world’s leading cork producer, has achieved a major technological breakthrough to become the world’s first cork producer to produce and deliver natural cork stoppers to winemakers with a non-detectable TCA guarantee.* Known as NDtech, the cutting-edge technology greatly enhances Amorim’s quality control measures by screening individual cork stoppers on the…
Wine Making ~ Receive a Certificate of Completion* Classes are scheduled for 2016, SIGN UP NOW! Location: University Center, College of the Canyons Campus Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Saturdays: April 30, June 11, June 25 and July 23 – Need Minimum of 10 Students to Schedule – Cost: $75/per class or $225 for Entire…
Pop Up Goes the Winemaker! Sooooo, there’s a cool little thing we’ve dubbed the “SIP Pop Up Bar” that will be springing up at this year’s Earth Day Food & Wine. No, it’s not an environmentally friendly version of Whack-a-Mole … though that gives us some ideas. This kind of pop up involves some very…
