Category Archives: Appreciation

Q & A Red Blend – How well do you know your wine?

Posted on June 23, 2017 by AdventourGirl

How well do you know your wines? How about a wine with wine trivia right on the label? The Ron Rubin Family of Wines has created a good wine in a fun package. Q & A is a California red … Continue reading →

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Posted in Appreciation, Recommendation, Trivia | Tagged california red wine, Q&A Red Blend, red blends, red wine, Ron Rubin Wines, Trivia, wine trivia | Leave a comment

Anna de Codorníu Announces SHARE Partnership

Posted on September 28, 2015 by AdventourGirl

Many casual wine drinkers are unaware of how much the wine world actually does for and gives to charities. I think it is in their nature on several levels. Winemakers are about producing a product that is supposed to enhance … Continue reading →

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Posted in Appreciation, Health, Recommendation | Tagged #SHAREANNA, Anna de Codorniu, Aveníu Brands, Cava, SHARE, wine | 1 Comment

Wining For a Good Cause – The Jimmy Fund

Posted on September 9, 2015 by AdventourGirl

Raise Your Glass for Jimmy presented by the Jimmy Fund Council of Greater Boston Beer and wine tasting event is Friday, Oct. 2 The sixth annual Raise Your Glass for Jimmy presented by the Jimmy Fund Council … Continue reading →

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Posted in Appreciation, Health, Massachusetts Wine | Tagged August West Wines, Battery Wharf Hotel, Beer tasting, Blue Hills Brewery, Boston Bottle, Dana-Farber, Gordon's Fine Wines and Liquors, Jimmy Fund, M.S. Walker, Mayflower Brewery, Medusa Brewery, Plymouth Bay Winery, Raise Your Glass, wine tasting, Wormtown Brewery | Leave a comment

Finger Lakes – #WBC15

Posted on September 3, 2015 by AdventourGirl

During the third week of August almost 300 wine bloggers from around the U.S. converged on the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York (what NYC’ers call anything north of the city). They were there for the eighth annual Wine … Continue reading →

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Posted in Appreciation, Finger Lakes Wine | Tagged #wbc15, Corning Museum of Glass, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Wine, Finger Lakes Wine Alliance, Finger Lakes Wine Country, Gaffer District, New York Wine, Seneca Lake, Wagner Vineyards, wine bloggers, wine bloggers conference | 1 Comment

Red Bubbles for Valentine’s Day

Posted on January 30, 2015 by AdventourGirl

Many people believe Valentine’s Day is no more than a Hallmark card holiday, invented by the greeting card and confections industries. There is some real history to the sentiments of the day. The infographic below (attribute: History Channel) lays it … Continue reading →

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Posted in Appreciation | Tagged #Blizzard2015, Anna de Codorniu, Cava, History Channel, Penedes, sparkling wine, Valentine, Valentine's Day wine, Valentine’s Day, wine | 1 Comment

Not the Same Old White Wines

Posted on January 18, 2015 by AdventourGirl

My Boston Wine Expo Guest Blog:

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Posted in Appreciation, Shameless Self-Promotion | Tagged albarino, alvarinho, Boston Wine Expo, gewurztraminer, orvieto, pinot blanc, torrontes, vermentino, Viognier | Leave a comment

Finger Lakes Wine Tour – Day Two

Posted on September 10, 2014 by AdventourGirl

Before the start of day two I did forget to mention some of the other wines we tasted at Fox Run Vineyards. Arctic Fox – Cayuga grape, refreshing, leaning towards the sweet side. Not a complex wine. Enjoyable citrus and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Appreciation, Finger Lakes Wine, Recommendation, Wine Tours | Tagged Corning Museum of Glass, Finger Lakes Wine Country, Ginny Lee Restaurant, Market Street Brewing Company and Restaurant, Riesling Hour, Rockwell Museum of Western Art, The Destination, Wagner Vineyards | 2 Comments

Finger Lakes Wine Tour – Day One

Posted on September 8, 2014 by AdventourGirl

The Finger Lakes region in Upstate New York was officially declared an American Viticulture Area in 1982, though records of commercial winemaking go back to the early 19th century. Located 4.5 hours north of New York City and 6 hours … Continue reading →

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Posted in Appreciation, Finger Lakes Wine, Recommendation, Wine Tours | Tagged Amelia Bloomer, Dr. Konstantin Frank, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Wine, Finger Lakes Wine Alliance, Finger Lakes Wine Country, Fox Run Vineyards, Frank Capra, It's aWonderful Life, Ludovico Sculpture TRail, National Women's Hall of Fame, Seneca Falls, Susan B. Anthony, The Town Pants, Women's Rights National Historical Park | 2 Comments

WARREN WINIARSKI’S WINE AMONG “101 OBJECTS THAT MADE AMERICA”

Posted on October 30, 2013 by AdventourGirl

My friend Michael Wangbickler of Balzac Communications sent out a press release that is so exciting for the American wine world that I want to reprint it in its entirety, unaltered: Napa, CA – October 29, 2013 – Smithsonian Magazine, the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Appreciation | Tagged Judgment of Paris, Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, Warren Winiarski | Leave a comment

Before there were wine bloggers there was Nathan Chroman

Posted on June 14, 2013 by AdventourGirl

Before Jancis wrote her big book, The Oxford Companion to Wine, before Kevin Zraly took his position as Wine Director at Windows on the World, before Steven Spurrier instigated (or perpetrated upon the French) the American wine defining moment of … Continue reading →