Posts Tagged education

  • REAL Value on a Budget - August 27th, 2010

    My ears perked up… like a deer. What I was listening to was the thought in my mind for a particular taste in wine. As I moved in the direction of action, I realized my wallet was not in sync with the thoughts spreading from my mind to my taste buds. The $18 for the [...]
  • 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 Bloggin’ Slideshow - August 1st, 2010

    Images from the Wine Blogger’s Conference 2010, a 3 day extravaganza, from June 24-26, that included 300 Wine Blogger’s tasting, talking, writing, blogging, tweeting, eating… and occasionally sleeping. This occurred all in one building, with the exception of several outings in and around Walla Walla, Washington. Images of wineries and vineyards visited in this video [...]
  • 10 Things About… - July 30th, 2010

    Wherein we give you 10 tidbits about the topic dujour – factoids & ideas, sometimes a specific winery, region, conference or workshop. But always something to get you thinking. . Here we start with 10 things (nuggets and personal take aways) from a workshop on bees taken at a biodynamic farming program at the Rudolf [...]
  • 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 [...]
  • 300 in Walla Walla - June 24th, 2010

    The Marcus Whitman Hotel in Walla Walla, Washington is the gathering spot for 300 wine bloggers from… pretty much everywhere. The event is sold out every year as I can speak to not getting in to this sold out event last year.  The lineup of events looks great and I’ll be posting straight throughout! Here’s [...]
  • In the News… - September 1st, 2009

    Writer John Darling wrote an article in the September issue of Oregon Wine Press on Jeff Weissler and ConsciousWine called, Wines with a Conscience.
  • 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.
  • To Sulfite or Not to Sulfite? - June 24th, 2009

    One of the biggest questions I hear is, does the wine contain sulfites? Sulfites are used in wine for lots of things. Elemental sulfur (which is an organic compound) is used in the vineyards to prevent powdery mildew. Sulfur dioxide is used at several spots.
  • The Sustainability Car - June 22nd, 2009

    Sustainability… all of a sudden everybody’s doing it! Large, small, corporate or family farm the word sustainable is the marketing popsicle of the moment.
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