National White Wine Day… AND it is Verdejo for me today! The 2019 Balnea Verdejo is made by an inspiring women winemaker María Jesús Hernández and fourth
August 1st through August 4th are the international days of celebration for Albariño. As you can tell from one of my Instagram posts last week, I have already begun my own early
While creating my mothers recipe for a salpicon inspired appetizer, I never realized there were a variety of ways to make it? Most salpicon recipes include a more “salad
In the lone star state, every day is a good day for rosé! Typically down here in Houston, Texas we are all sizzling in the July heat, but today started off raining and gloomy.
Last year in October I was introduced to DÃO “Vinhos Dão”, and it was quite a wine education class to remember. Hosted by Dão Wines, at Caracol, one of
Last year a couple weeks before Thanksgiving, I had the pleasure of meeting and visiting with Labid al Ameri from Domiane Bousquet. Labid was here in Houston for a day and preparing to
My new favorite pecans, and cooking with pecans! Made pecan crusted eggplant with pecan meal and pecan granules. OMGoodness, it’s like a little bit of pecan pie heaven in every
A French theme today. Why? Because July 13th, 2020 is national French fry day and July 14th, 2020 is the French holiday Bastille Day. Made hand cut fries drizzled in truffle oil,
From some savvy young entrepreneurs located in the Pacific Northwest, and U.S. state of Oregon “Blood, Sweat & Tears” an American made vodka. Handcrafted vodka
Happy Fourth July weekend! In July 2014, I attended my very first wine bloggers conference, since then the conference has been renamed to the “wine media conference”. At