Posts Tagged Ashland

  • Conscious Wine and a Movie - August 31st, 2010

    On line at Ashland’s Noble Coffee for a refill, I was talking to a friend about filming our first ‘ConsciousWine and a Movie’ episode. A guy standing next to us blurts out, ‘What should I drink with Rambo 2? After a short pause, I bust a vocal move and say, ‘something bold, intense, strong and [...]
  • Wine ‘n Lemon - August 6th, 2010

    Foods and flavors can alter one’s experience of a wine, sometimes dramatically. Last week I posted a video with fellow wine lover all-star Beverly McKenzie, who runs the wine department at Ashland, OR’s Chateaulin Restaurant. We tasted bread with goat cheese and later in the video, olives, … and noticed how it changed our experience [...]
  • A Flavor Altering Wine Experience - July 28th, 2010

    On a hot’s summer’s afternoon, on the bustling streets of downtown Ashland (home of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival), I strolled into local dining mecca Chateaulin to meet up with a favorite local wine & foodie, Beverly McKenzie.  I asked her if she would do a quick video with me and off we went onto the [...]
  • Picnic & BBQ Wines - July 18th, 2009

    Nine wines were tasted at ConsciousWine’s Picnic & BBQ Wine Class July 17th at Noble Coffee in Ashland, OR. All the wines sold for under $20. There were 2 exceptions. Brooks ‘Sweet Pea’ Riesling which sells for $22 so a discount is required to get you under $20, and the other… Jenny & Francois Selections, From The Tank.
  • TV Time… The Long Version - July 2nd, 2009

    Thanks to Denizen TV in Ashland, Oregon, I was interviewed for The Aloha Show Episode 7 which aired starting June 26th. They had a 2 minute synopsis on the show. Click on BLOG (above) to hear the full 15 minute interview with Jeff Weissler (me) talking ConsciousWine.
  • TV Time - June 26th, 2009

    Friday June 26th is ConsciousWine’s first appearance on… TV!
  • Biodynamic Wine from Cowhorn Vineyards - June 20th, 2009

    I recently visited Bill Steele of Cowhorn Vineyards in Southern Oregon’s Applegate Valley (a solidly under the radar viticultural area). When one discovers how young their vines are, paired with how good their wines are, the question becomes, ‘what’s up with that’? Answer #1: Biodynamically farmed grapes made according to Demeter standards so the wine can be labelled as Biodynamic® Wine.
  • Taste without waste! - June 19th, 2009

    Wooldridge Creek Winery, in Southern Oregon’s Applegate Valley, is hitting a home run on the sustainability train. They’re reducing the waste of packaging bigtime. The Ashland Daily Tiding’s article, ALL THE TASTE WITHOUT THE WASTE, tells the story. Three local area restaurants (Standing Stone Brewery, Kaleidoscope Pizza, and 4 Daughters Irish Pub) are hoppin’ on the train. By the way, Wooldridge Creek passes the test on the ConsciousWine criteria.
  • Organic Value at Ashland’s Shop’n Kart - June 1st, 2009

    What would a wine blog be without words on wines? My intention will not be to fill you with descriptive words (although often I won’t be able to help myself), but to offer ideas on what’s new, a good buy, a good story, or something I haven’t thought of yet. With each review will be a score whose meaning can be found in My Scoring System.