“The biggest challenge we face is overcoming the stigma of Virginia wine.” ~ Rutger de Vink, RdV Vineyards I’ve been visiting Virginia wineries and tasting Virginia
Category: Monthly Wine Writing Challenge
MWWC #18: Crisis in Metz*
I learned my 19th word of French last month: Merde. We’ve recently returned from a two-week European Family Vacation to Germany and France. We completed (and mostly
MWWC #14: A Digestif Tradition (aka, someone please put out the fire in my esophagus) *
“The human soul can always use a new tradition. Sometimes we require them.” (Pat Conroy, The Lords of Discipline). My husband’s grandfather lives in a small
MWWC#9: Wine, Women and [a little bit] Wrong *
I’m a woman. And I love wine. But you will never hear me refer to myself as a wino. And definitely never a wineaux. [Palm to face].
MWWC#7: Requiem for a Potholder
Of all the ridiculous things to be sentimental about . . . I get all slushy and mawkish about my potholders. Yes, potholders. I’ve had
MWWC#6: The Mystery of the Bark Bottle*
[Read in Robert Stack’s voice] For every mystery there is someone, somewhere, who knows the truth. Perhaps . . . that someone is you! Have
