So many great wines of the world were shaped and formed by the pioneering spirits of entrepreneurial women, a trend that started centuries ago and continues today. Founder of Turkey’s Vinkara winery, Ardıç Gürsel is a modern-day example, assuming that role for her homeland by making wines that showcase the attributes of her country’s indigenous…
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Explore Portugal’s Tejo Region
This past Spring, wine educators, sommeliers, and writers gathered for lunch at Barcelona Wine Bar to taste and learn about the wines from Portugal’s Tejo wine region. Located about an hour drive from Lisbon, Tejo lies inland along the banks of the Tejo River (also known as the Tagus River), which flows south from nearby…
Viña Ventisquero Winemaker Felipe Tosso visits DC
Once an aspiring tennis pro and classical guitarist, Felipe Tosso eventually found his true creative calling at the Viña Ventisquero winery nestled in the coastal hills of Chile’s Maipo Valley. There he makes world-class wines from grapes cultivated along the slopes and valleys that lie with the winery’s vineyards in Maipo, Colchagua, Casablanca, and Leyda…
Phifer Pavitt Offers World-Class Wine for Your Next “Date Night”
Georgia-born winemaker Suzanne Phifer Pavitt explained that she won’t tolerate bad food or bad wine, as my husband Chris Prawdzik and I sipped her excellent Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc over lunch at D.C.’s District Line. Growing up Baptist in rural Georgia, she appreciated the high quality of locally grown food from a young age. But…
Summer Refreshment with Tokaji
Summer wine drinkers often focus on refreshing dry, crisp white wines, but there’s no reason why refreshment can’t be sweet. So if you want a new experience, why not try some of Hungary’s most glorious Tokaji? These wines bear the same name of the region with the addition of the letter “i” at the end–Tokaji–which…
