Category: Everything Wine
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Happy National Drink Wine Day, friends!
Cheers, friends! I sure hope you enjoy the holiday! I’ll be celebrating in Napa in just a few hours. (Celebrating/ working… whatever. This is what happens when you build a business you love, my friends. :) Feel free to follow along with my adventures on Instagram: Amy_C_Gross. And, of course, if you need any ideas…
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Behind the scenes as a wine judge
For the next two days I’ll be judging wines with 99 other judges for the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo for my third year in a row. I can’t wear lipstick or anything with a fragrance. Nothing. And I’ll be in a room that’s about 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Wanna what happens behind the scenes? I’ve got the…
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Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo International Wine Competition Top Winners
I’ve just left Houston’s Reliant Center after judging wines for the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo International Wine Competition for the past two days. Here’s a shot of me from Super Panel late this afternoon, when we judged all of the wines which won their classes to determine to overall winners: (Please pardon the wine-stained…
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Is expertise in a subject needed to blog about it?
This morning on Twitter I saw a conversation between two writers about wine blogging and the need for wine bloggers to have first-hand experience in order to blog. This is what I saw: @ancientfirewine That would probably be a low number. Would also be good if they spent some time in wine retail. — Richard…