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The Washington Journey Continues – Onward To Walla Walla

Dessert at Alexandria Nicole

After a jam-packed 1st day with the 11 other winners of the WBC or Bust contest, we left Seattle’s Renaissance Hotel and headed west towards Walla Walla. 8:00 came early, but being the troopers we were we sucked it up, hopped on the bus and prepared ourselves for the day’s first stop: Cave B Estate [...]

July 8th, 2010 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Travel,Wine Country trips,Wineries | Read More »

WBC 10 – Walla Walla Washington Welcomes Wine Bloggers

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I’ve just returned from an amazing five day visit to Washington State, where not only did I attend the Wine Bloggers Conference in Walla Walla, but I was also one of 12 lucky winners of the WBC Or Bust contest with a plethora of pre and post conference activities. If you’re familiar with this site, [...]

June 29th, 2010 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Travel,Wine & Food,Wine Country trips | Read More »

Live Wine Blogging From Walla Walla – Speed Tasting Reds

The anticipation is building. Minutes from now we will be tasting 12 red wines, with 5 minutes per wine to learn about, taste and write about each one. The tasting will begin in moments. I hope you’ll check back. We’re beginning with a blind tasting. Beautiful deep color, interesting nose, I pick up some chocolate. [...]

June 26th, 2010 | Posted in Miscellany,The Love of Wine,Wine Country trips,Wine Tasting Events | Read More »

Visiting Temecula With IFWTWA -Part 2

Breakfast at Stone House

Sal is quick witted, affable and has a clear passion for food. He has been Executive Chef at the Temet Grill at TCI for the past five years. He changes his menu according to season, shops at the Farmers Market weekly and has seen the amount of fish ordered increase by leaps and bounds over the years. He considers himself a great conductor of a great orchestra.

June 1st, 2010 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Travel,Wine & Food,Wine Country trips,Wineries | Read More »

Back Home Again In Paso Robles

F/S Cellars Wine Club Member's barrel

Denis’ past career as a recording engineer is evident everywhere you look. There are Gold Records on the walls and a recording studio where he makes his CDs.

May 29th, 2010 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Travel,Wine Country trips | Read More »

Discovering My Own Backyard

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I’ve lived in the Temecula Valley for nearly eight years now. I wasn’t aware of how much I hadn’t seen until last week’s visit by a group of writers from the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association. I was introduced to this outstanding organization at a luncheon at Thornton Winery last year. I joined [...]

May 25th, 2010 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Travel,Wine & Food,Wine Country trips | Read More »

Gold (and Wine) Country – Calaveras and Amador Counties

Hanging Planter at Young's

In the just over a year we’ve been publishing WINEormous, we’ve visited the Temecula Valley and Paso Robles extensively and have toured the Santa Ynez and Napa Valleys as well as the states of Washington, Texas, Idaho, Maryland, Virginia and Texas. We’ve barely begun to scratch the surface. Recently we visited Calaveras and Amador Counties [...]

May 22nd, 2010 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Travel,Wine Country trips | Read More »

Wine Bloggers Conference

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  • Tom Plant: Jill. Next time you’re at Thornton, stop by Cafe Champagne and order a flight. They’re really...
  • Jill: Interesting article and great photos. I love chocolate and would love to taste these wines!
  • Tom Plant: I think it’s a great idea Annie. Let’s do it!
  • Annie: I bought hubby some of these glasses for his birthday so we should do our own taste test on our friends!!
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