I’ve gotta hand it to the fine folks at Wine Spoken Here: they know how to show a guy a good time. They’ve been one of the more active PR firms during the COVID pandemic, providing several excellent opportunities for we wine media folk to reconnect, share samples (virtually), and generally stay on top of…
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Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 27: Exploring the Unexplored in Oregon
Well, that was unexpected. Or, I should say, unexplored? Thanks to COVID SiP, I’m still primarily traveling the world from the chair in front of my OG desktop computer, receiving samples and tasting invites that are presented virtually (but imbibed in person, of course, when it comes to the actual wine part). Such was the…
Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 26: Overachievers (Rodney Strong Recent Releases)
Rodney Strong founder Rod Strong was a bit of an… overachiever. We’re talking the-kind-of-person-who-you-thought-only-existed-in-World’s-Most-Interesting-Man levels of overachiever. Simply listing the guy’s bootstrapped résumé is enough to paint the proper picture: Senior class president, 3 sport athlete, theater regular, clarinet player, Army veteran, school dropout (he did that at the age of 18 in order to…
Wine in the Time of Coronavirus, Part 25: Like Handmade Pasta (Sensi Recent Releases)
“We do our wine like handmade pasta.” And in that little offhand quip, Massimo Sensi – part of the 4th generation behind Sensi wines, in operation since 1895 – pretty much summed up everything you need to know about his family’s perennially crowd-pleasing wine operation. Another way to get an insight into what Massimo and…