After almost eight years of cleaning spit buckets and pouring for the masses, I hung up my corkscrew to open my online wine store, Walla Walla Wine Woman and pursue my writing. If you time it just right, you might find me incognito at a local tasting room or restaurant taking notes. In the mean time, I still remain humble.
An Interesting Fact
I am the first and original Walla Walla Wine Blog since 2005!
When it comes to gaming I plead ignorance, but I wasn’t always. In the early 80’s I polished my skills on Ms. Pacman. I was in a situation of "if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em." At the time, my young step-son and his friends were very much into arcades and when we took the kids out for pizza after a football game, they became glued to the video games.Mike James, self-proclaimed gaming geek and owner/winemaker of 8-Bit Vintners realized while gamers were busy slaying dragons and saving princess... Read Full Story
I love scary stories, don’t you? Hold onto your seats because this is the scariest Halloween story you will ever hear.Once upon a time in a little town called Walla Walla there were a coven of four witches by the names of Grand Cru-ella, Claretta, Uvaggio, and Mog. All Hallows Eve was just around the corner, so they decided to plan a soiree to celebrate. Of course, if you are a witch you don’t need to hire a caterer or a sommelier to handle such a grand party, because all you have to do is wr... Read Full Story
In conjunction with the third annual North American Wine Bloggers Conference (WBC), WineCHATr.com will provide 12 citizen wine writers the opportunity to catch a ride across Washington wine country. WineCHATr.com is an online community for the growing wine industry, where both popular wine bloggers and businesses come together to connect and share information on wine.In eight months, hundreds of wine bloggers will converge on Walla Walla for the WBC to sip, sample and see what the Washington ... Read Full Story
I do love them and held true to them even when they were knocked “sideways” by Miles Raymond, the moody self-sabotaging wine aficionado character from the movie Sideways. I stayed faithful and never wavered when a group of writing peers from northern California skewered and flamed me for drinking a wine they felt was merely worthy of blending. Was it my fault they couldn’t get past their own wimpy California Merlots and not realizing that all Merlots were not created equal? Should I have felt... Read Full Story
In the 80's the trendy white wine was Chardonnay. In 2000, it appears to be the little gray grape with the split personality - Pinot Gris or Pinot Grigio, depending if you are in France or Italy. I typically don't drink a lot of whites even though I’ve been on my soapbox barking that those of us who favor the red grape, need to give whites a chance. So, although I am not perfect, I try to heed my own words - - once in awhile.After the Labor Day weekend, I remembered a chilled bottle of Locati... Read Full Story
Have you ever had a bottle of wine that you almost cried over when you squeezed the very last drop into your glass? (and nooo - - I didn’t put the bottle to my lips) Well, Seven Hills Winery Cabernet Sauvignon - 2006, from the Klipsun Vineyard at Red Mountain, made my “Crying Over the Last Drop" wine list.Opening a bottle of wine can be like opening a scrapbook filled of memories. As I read the Seven Hills label and noticed the fruit was sourced from the Klipsun Vineyard, it brought back a me... Read Full Story
It's been my personal unwritten code not to rely too much on content for this blog that I didn't write or produce. I mean, anybody can copy and paste, but once in awhile I find a video that I really want to help spread the word about - -Jeremy Gonzalez of the Walla Walla Union Bulletin produced this two minute video of the women of Dama Wines, Dawn Kammer and Mary Tuuri Derby. Watch these wild women of wine sort, toss out the MOG, explain the process of crush and also look fab-u-lous while do... Read Full Story
Ozzy Osbourne sang it“…I’m going off the rails on a crazy train."Dear Readers,Forgive me and my schmaltzy projections. This isn’t all that wine related, but only about the author of the blog. The “author” of this blog lives on adrenalin, but it is a mighty adrenalin and it is about the wine. It’s about the wine, the people who love it and the people who make it. It’s about terroir and it is about a town. There are times she wishes she didn’t have to work a “real” job to pay the mortgage and w... Read Full Story
If you check out Wikipedia, it will tell you the Spanish name, "Tertulia" means a social gathering with literary or artistic overtones. It will also tell you that a typical tertulia in recent centuries has been a regularly scheduled event in a public place such as a bar or even a living room. It's a place where people share their recent creations, such as poetry, short stories and even artwork or songs.Tertulia Cellars, located near the foothills of the Walla Walla Valley, certainly lives up ... Read Full Story
