My good friend and wino mentor, Amanda, visited me recently and brought new a bottle of wine to try. She knows that I’m open to exploring, but that I am hesitant to taking the plunge into new varietals, so she brought me something different to try. The bottle of 2014 Maxville Petit Sirah was definitely…
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All Gold Everything
Some days, you just feel like being “extra”. For those times, there’s Faubourg 21 Prestige Brut. The bottle is an absolute showstopper with its metallic gold appearance. It’s absolutely fabulous and begging to be noticed. It is made in Genève, Switzerland by Domaine du Faubourg winery. It’s one of the top 10 wineries in the…
Ghost Pines & Wine
With Halloween just a day away, I thought I’d try something on the dark side. The haunting label attracted me to the bottle, but this 2014 Ghost Pines Cabernet Sauvignon delivers on spookiness. The wine is named after the Ghost Pines Vineyard in eastern Napa County, where the indigenous grey pines loom mysteriously along the…
France in a Glass
I always love connecting with fellow wine lovers on Instagram. Recently, I connected with the fabulous Celia de Palma, @thepalmaofficial. She is also a fellow art lover, so when she was in town she paid me a visit at my job, PAMM – Miami’s world-class modern and contemporary art museum. She knew I loved wine,…