The Wine Knitter

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Planeta Buonivini Winery Photo credit: Penny Weiss My last article about Sicily covered Vittoria DOCG, the final stop on my southeastern wine tour. Montecarrubo Winery Peter and Susie Vinding-Diers came to Sicily seeking unusual and serious terroir to plant vineyards. “You could call this a paleolithic vineyard.”

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A Wine Story

MAY 19, 2020

In contrast: Ribera del Duero red wine vineyards are at a much higher elevation, giving the wines higher, more refreshing acidity. To take advantage of their high elevation vineyards and special terroir, they have been lavish with the use of new French oak. A chemist by training, Javiar is constantly experimenting.

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A Wine Story

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Featured many times in Wine Business Monthly articles about virtual tastings, Shannon Muracchioli said that COVID-19 motivated people to “do things they knew they should have done” before the crisis. Mr. Markert’s team showcase these luxury wines in special cellars, overseen by highly trained beverage stewards and sommeliers.

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A Wine Story

MAY 18, 2022

My dad and uncle Fili worked in the vineyards on weekends, and I helped out as a kid. And no doubt, some remain buried deep in the earth, perhaps near the Tenuta di Artimino vineyards itself. Stazione Leopolda was the first train station in Florence. Here’s a link to my Forbes article about this undiscovered region.

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Embrace the Suck

JUNE 13, 2022

Besides running a training and consulting company, Brian is also known for his groundbreaking concept called Bin 36. Brian speaks to audiences all around the world about training culture and exactly how to build a solid beverage program that can enhance your bottom line. If you're from Chicago you know about Bin 36. It's famous.

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The Wine Knitter

JUNE 28, 2021

With thirteen wine regions and over 102,000 hectares of vineyards, Germany boasts the world’s largest vineyard area of 23,000 hectares dedicated to Riesling! More than half of all the vineyard areas in the Mosel, Rheingau, and Mittelrhein are planted with Riesling. For this article, we will explore the traditional system.

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A Wine Story

APRIL 29, 2020

These 3 podcasts for wine lovers are excellent training for students And for in wine certification programs. In this article I will be highlighting three of the podcasts for wine lovers I listen to on a more or less regular fashion. In addition to winemakers, Jim Duane interviews vineyard managers as well. Inside Winemaking .

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 17, 2025

Over the next seven years, more than 150 students would have this three-month, life-changing experience of working in Michelin restaurants, laboring in the vineyards of France, and immersing in the culture of another country. It was the third year offering an extraordinary internship experience for students in the Bourgogne Region of France.

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The Wine Knitter

DECEMBER 3, 2023

It was an immersion of walk-around tastings, an Etna appellation masterclass, spending time with producers, hiking through vineyards, enjoying the local cuisine, and ending the trip with a fabulous beach party. The vineyards are typically planted between 400 and 800 meters (1312 ft and 2624 ft) above sea level but can reach up to 1000 meters.

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A Wine Story

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

This article will discuss the wines of the region and focus on three diverse producers introduced by the Orvieto Wine Consortium The Orvieto Wine Dinner Producers of Orvieto met me at “Restaurant Charlie” to introduce their wine and their culture. Winemaker Paolo Nardo told me a bit about himself and his work.

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A Wine Story

APRIL 26, 2020

This article will guide you through the “ins and outs” of the WSET program, and help you make an informed decision of what to expect, Also, if the program is right for you. This starts with viticulture to ensure that the student knows how and why good quality vineyards are so important. This is good training for any wine discipline.

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The Wine Knitter

MARCH 7, 2022

Over the past few years, I have written articles about Women’s History Month, giving shout-outs to women in the wine and spirits industry. At the risk of being repetitive, here is a quote from one of my previous articles. However, I never wait for March 1st to come around; I like to keep the acknowledgments going all year long!

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EATER

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Helen needed to do research for a magazine article she’d long wanted to write. Nearly a decade after the end of the war, San Francisco was a place of resuscitated glamour, with much of the shimmer and confidence James had known in the city of his youth, when he and Elizabeth would ride the trains of the Shasta Route south.

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The Wine Knitter

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Photo credit: Penny Weiss Fifth-generation Napa Valley winemaker Joe Wagner created Belle Glos Wines in 2001, inspired by his grandmother, Lorna Belle Glos Wagner, co-founder of Caymus Vineyards. He has five vineyard sites that produce wines expressing the uniqueness of each vineyard.

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EATER

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Changes at Amtrak may revive the beloved tradition of enjoying chicken cordon bleu and Moroccan beef with chickpea salad with fellow travelers In August 2005, I rode an Amtrak overnight train from Chicago to Schenectady, New York: the Lake Shore Limited. It seemed passengers didn’t even want traditional train car dining anyway.

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Sante

AUGUST 25, 2020

Editor’s Note: Due to reduced overseas travel from COVID-19, Santé brings you to Provence via this article written by Chef Richard Erickson of Blue Mountain Bistro Catering. We stepped off the train from Paris into the warm Provençale sunshine of Orange in the south of France. By Richard Erickson.

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EATER

MARCH 21, 2022

More and more Starbucks locations are announcing intentions to unionize amid a historic movement in the food industry A version of this article first appeared in The Deep Dish , the members-only monthly newsletter by Civil Eats that features in-depth reporting on the American food system. . | Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images.

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