Best Wines For All Day Drinking
Well, hello. I just returned from a girls’ getaway weekend in Arizona, where my friends and I sat on the porch and visited so of course it was the perfect opportunity to have a My Wine Tribe tasting. Because we knew we were going to…
Wine 101: Oak is just a tree, right?
Hello Readers. My Wine Tribe is on vacation through mid-August. Until then, we’ll be revisiting some of our favorite posts from the past, such as this gem. Happy summer! “Oak” is a term you should be comfortable tossing around when talking about wine. What is oak’s impact on…
Move Over Tequilla: Try Wines From Mexico
My Wine Tribe recently held an electrifying blind tasting of Mexican wines. As you know from last week’s post, the Mexican wine industry has had a long and dramatic history and is currently experiencing a resurgence. After learning the story we were eager to try…
¡Viva Vino Mexicano!
Big Red and I were recently in Mexico, and after my twentieth or so margarita, I needed to snap back to normal and partake in some wine. I wanted to have the local experience, but Mexican wine? Is there such a thing? I’m here to…
Wine 911: What To Do When The Cork Won’t Budge
I was recently at a party where something extraordinary happened, a true wine emergency. Imagine the scene: sun shining, wine flowing, people mingling. In the middle of it all, the hosts graciously decide to open a giant bottle of wine that they recently won at…
A Scintillating Seattle Winery Crawl
In our ongoing investigation of Seattle’s urban winery scene, My Wine Tribe recently took a field trip down Fourth Avenue South to visit OS Winery and Cloudlift Cellars. I was a tad nervous about taking my friends to places I hadn’t tried yet, but my…
Mimi Nye: 30 Years In The Vineyard
This is a story about the hard work, inspiration and luck that goes into formulating both a great career and a great bottle of wine. As you know, MyWineTribe recently held a blind tasting of 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon from Washington State. To my surprise, the…
Best Stops on the Oregon Wine Trail
Betcha didn’t know that May is Oregon Wine Month. Granted this is a totally made-up holiday, but at My Wine Tribe, we’re looking for any excuse to celebrate, right? And after all, Oregon is the fourth largest producer of wine in the U.S. Plus, Oregon…
Tasting Results: Classic Cabernets from Washington State
As dedicated readers know, I have recently tuned into the effect of weather on wine. Extremes are always fun to talk about, but what happens in a “normal” year, no excessive heat or cold, with no frost, drought or other weather gremlins? In those years, you…
Wine 101: Ten Essential Wine Words
Even though I wasn’t a coffee drinker, I used to work in marketing at Starbucks. One of the hardest things about the job at first wasn’t hiding my shortcomings in caffeine consumption, it was learning the lingo. For example, why weren’t good old “small,” “medium”…
The Innovators: Red Mountain’s Jim Holmes
Jim Holmes was working as a nuclear engineer in 1975, when he planted the Ciel du Cheval vineyard on Washington State’s Red Mountain. In the just over 40 years since, he’s built Ciel du Cheval into a storied source of grapes for some of the…
The Innovators: Share the Wine, Share The Wealth
I have an admission to make. Until recently, I had no idea what a “shared generosity experience” was. But if it means I can make the world a better place while drinking fabulous Washington state wines, I am ready to share and share generously. Happily,…
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