by Heather Lipp | Jun 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
Napa Valley has long been synonymous with luxury, elegance, and some of the finest wines in the world. However, the prestigious wine region is now facing a growing challenge: attracting and retaining the next generation of wine consumers. Despite its storied history...
by Heather Lipp | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Being a wine lover, I’m usually the one at the restaurant who is given the wine list for the table. But, in spite of how big of a wine geek I am, frequently I’ll be handed a wine list at a restaurant and not recognize a single wine on the list. This is hardly...
by Heather Lipp | Jun 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Forget any old rules of judging a wine by its color, nose, and taste on the palate. Here is our list of the top five considerations when choosing a wine. No Chemical Headaches (aka, will I feel like crap tomorrow?). Sadly many cheap wines (and even some expensive...
by Heather Lipp | Mar 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
There are seven continents. Living in the United States, my husband and I have of course had tons of wine from our own continent of North America. Although sadly we’ve been to no wineries in South America, we’ve had plenty of wines from Argentina and Chile. South...
by Heather Lipp | Mar 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Are you confused about the Saint-Émilion wine classification? Or, did you not even know one existed? Have you been totally confused at your wine shop when you’re trying to figure out the difference between a label (in French, of course) listing a Saint-Émilion wine as...
by Heather Lipp | Nov 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
As of this writing, the fires in Sonoma are still raging strong. As a result of the fast moving fires due to dry conditions and strong winds, hundreds of thousands have been evacuated, thousands of acres have been torched, and homes, businesses and wineries (Soda Rock...