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This month’s Wine Pairing Weekend (#winePW) challenge comes from host, Gwendolyn Alley. She thought Earth Month would be the perfect time for our group of wine and food enthusiasts to explore the world of biodynamic wine

Pinot Grigio has earned a reputation as a light, flavorless white wine. My friend recently told me a story that perfectly illustrates that reputation

I always like to see exactly where I’m going on a map before I get there. The vastness of Namibia (it’s twice as big as Spain) and its relatively small population (2

Domaine de Bila-Haut is located in Latour de France, inland and just north of Perpignan, near France’s border with Spain. Over the past 200 years the Chapoutier family’s vineyard holdings have come to include some of the very best sites in and around Tain l’Hermitage. Michel assumed winemaking responsibilities from his father in 1990. I can’t decide which I love more about this wine: the fruit flavors, that distinctive thread of slate-like minerality or the dried herbs in this wine. This hidden gem, that’s the translation from Latin of Occultum Lapidem, is composed of 50% Syrah, 30% Grenache and 20% Carignan, Each variety is fermented using native yeast in cement vats.