William Allen is the creator/editor of Simple Hedonisms, a popular blog focusing on wine country lifestyle centered in Sonoma County. William resides in Healdsburg, and is a vocal advocate for Sonoma County and has been a passionate, educated wine consumer-read more-
Courtney Luick is the "eMarketing Maven" for Cape Classics, premier importer of South African wine to the USA. Based in New York City, she will travel for wine, good barbecue and rock & roll.
Diversity is the ingredient that illuminates South Africa. Referred to as the “rainbow nation,” a title which reflects the country's multicultural spirit, South Africa is truly famous for its mixture of heritages and traditions. It is a place with 11-read more-
Vibrant orange/pink hued salmon color. A lightly fragrant nose of strawberry, raspberry and hint of crisp Jolly Rancher watermelon. Don’t let the flavor descriptors fool you, this is a wonderfully dry rosé with no sweetness. Nice weight in mouth for-read more-
2007 Rocca Family Vineyards Bad Boy Red – Napa Valley, California Having met the "bad boy" himself, I think he epitomizes this wine: nicely expressed flavors of Napa, becoming even more attractive as the evening progresses. In the wine: fruit,-read more-
Today Cory Cartwright of Saignée launches 32 Days of Natural Wine, his second annual series celebrating natural wine and winemaking. We asked Cory to tell us about the project. What prompted you to start the series last year? What did-read more-
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Joe Roberts is a Palate Press Contributing Editor. Joe is a Certified Specialist of Wine and can be found regularly roasting wine's sacred cows (and pairing them with a robust red) at 1WineDude.com.