I recently participated in a virtual tasting hosted by Verve Wine, where I stumbled upon Craven Pinot Gris Stellenbosch 2019 from South Africa. I read it was a skin contact aka orange wine, so I was both intrigued and excited. Their story began back in 2007 while both Mick Craven and his now Aussie…
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Natural Wines—So Trending Right Now
Natural wines have been all the buzz recently, but what are they? I stopped by a wine lab at Florida Wine Academy to get the skinny on the latest wine fab. The fabulous Nicole Ramos was leading the lab and gave us a lot to sip on—both metaphorically and physically. Natural wines are… Farmed sustainably,…
Orange you Glad I Didn’t say Orange
This week, I had quite a few comments about orange wine after posting my “Orange wine is the new rosé” shirt. Some good and inquisitive, some VERY opinionated (overly opinionated, if you ask MY opinion). In celebration of National Orange Wine Day, I wanted to highlight a new orange wine (to me) that was delicious….
Riesling and a Praying for Rain
Up until recently, it had been so hot and dry in Miami that my landscape was truly a depressing sight. But my plants were thirsty and so was I! I grabbed a 2018 A to Z Wineworks Riesling to pass the time faster while watering my plants. I tried their Pinot Gris way back, so…
A to Z and Wine in Between
Growing up, Scrabble has always been one of my favorite games. I always thought I was pretty good at it until one afternoon, my husband majorly beat me and my sister – again and again, game after game. It was frustrating to say the least. Fortunately, there was A to Z Pinot Gris 2015 from…