This month's Monthly Wine Writer's Challenge topic, "Tradition," was decided upon by Bill aka Duff's Wine  .  He won the challenge last month by writing a spectacular piece on "Serendipity."  You can check his fantastic entry out here.  When he announced his topic, I
The holidays are upon us and it seems that they start earlier every year.  Our house is decorated , the menu is being discussed and the presents are being wrapped.  I am a huge Christmas fan.  I am a kid
When last month's Talk-A-Vino chose Serendipity for the #MWWC13 Challenge two things entered my mind. First, living here on the wrong coast, there are many negatives mostly revolving around the fact that we don't have the ability to go wine tasting
While most people get star struck, I get athlete struck.  I am a jock, no ands, ifs, or butts about it.  I may be well past my prime now, but I still live for sports.  I was never happier than
Welcome to the Dracaena Wines/VinGarde Valise giveaway.  In order to enter the contest I am asking for less than 5 minutes of your time.  You are going to have to go trough a couple of clicks on the web, but
Mixing Business and Pleasure If you have been following my blog, you know that we just spent a week on the Central Coast of California. The trip was two fold.  First we had some business with our winery, but we
Since I started writing this blog, I have learned a lot. For example, I learnt the difference between web hosting and reseller hosting and that's not all I learnt, but I won't bore you with the details. Learning everything wasn't
It is amazing how many apps there are out there.  Now, I am not really a person you would call technologically savvy.  I have an iPhone and an iPad, but am completely positive that I do no use a majority
The illustrious perfect wine.  Can there really be a perfect wine? If there is, does an individual or a group get to decide what is perfect for you?  Wine tasting is a very subjective action.  It's not like a multiple
With Mother's Day being tomorrow, I thought I would depart from the typical blog about wine.  However, I'm not really wandering too far, because without the support of my mom and dad, I would not have the courage to take