Category: MTB Archive
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Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo International Wine Competition Winners
This weekend I, along with 99 other judges, swirled, sniffed and tasted our way through more than 2,900 wines to help determine the winners of the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo’s international wine competition. I hope to share the details of my first wine judging experience soon, as well as fill you in on…
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Tempranillo Day Wine Reviews
Today is #TempranilloDay, as declared in 2011 by TAPAS (Tempranillo Advocates Producers and Amigos Society), as if we needed an excuse to try a new wine, and a red one at that! I’ve already been a Tempranillo fan for some time, especially after spending some time with winemaker Javier Alfonso of Pomum Cellars and his family…
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Informal Wine Tasting at Savvy Blogging Summit
Professional bloggers gathered at the Savvy Blogging Summit in Atlanta this October to exchange ideas, network, work hard and, well, play hard, too. And I got to help kick off the fun with an informal wine tasting after the first evening’s keynote address by Michael Hyatt thanks to Freixenet USA who provided 6 delicious wines to share.…
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Houston wine bloggers at The Tasting Room
I had the pleasure of toasting and dining at the Tasting Room in Uptown Park last week with fellow Houston wine bloggers (as featured in Jeremy’s photo, clockwise): Jamie Glover Dabbs, Social Media Director for The Tasting Room and Max’s Wine Dive and blogger at The Black Door (me) Bear Dalton, fine wine buyer of…
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Win a 2 year lease on a Mini Cooper from Freixenet
Like drinking bubbles and think you might like driving a MINI Cooper for two years? Freixenet is offering fans a chance to win a 2 year lease on a MINI Cooper and lots of other prizes through the end of the year with promotions on-line and in person at locations in the Houston and Miami…