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A Medieval French Peasant Dish and French Winemaker Sisters #Winophiles

This month The French Winophiles, with Gwendolyn from Wine Predator leading the charge, are looking at France's women in wine. As March in Women's History Month, it seems a fabulous topic that is not often the focus of wine pairings.  If you are reading this early enough, feel free to join us on Twitter for a live chat on Saturday, March 19th at 8am Pacific time. Follow the hashtag #Winophiles and be sure to add it to anything you tweet so we can see it. Here's the line-up of articles... Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm is sipping Domaine de Marcoux Lirac La Lorentine to Celebrate Women's History Month . Jeff of Food Wine Click! invites us to Celebrate French Women in Wine: Anne-Sophie Dubois . Jane of Always Ravenous talks about Women Behind the Wine: Domaine Weinbach, Catherine Faller . Martin of ENOFYLZ Wine Blog is sharing Champagne Louise Brison: A Tradition of Women in Charge . Robin of Crushed Grape Chronicles opened Delphine Vesselle and Domaine J...

Ageable: Good Wine & Good Friends Plus My Traveling Paella Pan #Sponsored

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of L'Ecole. Complimentary wine was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. However, all opinions expressed here are my own. If you're been following my blog, you'll know that I'm doing a series of monthly posts in collaboration with  L'Ecole Winery .* A group of us participate in a virtual tasting with their marketing manager, the winemaker, and the general manager and discuss timely topics. This month, we had a special guest in Marty Clubb, managing winemaker and co-owner of L’Ecole N° 41. Along with his wife, Megan, and children, Riley and Rebecca, Clubb is continuing the legacy of this family-owned, artisan winery that was founded my the Fergusons, Megan's parents in 1983. Let's talk about ageability. AGEABLE  adjective     age·​a·​ble | \ ˈā-jə-bəl \ 1: advanced in years: old. 2: suitable for being aged: able or likely to improve with age I decided that this was the perfect topi...

Changing Seasons: Fall al Fresco + L'Ecole's 2019 Frenchtown #Sponsored

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of L'Ecole .  Complimentary wine was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links.  However, all opinions expressed here are my own.   If you're been following my blog, you'll know that I'm doing a series of monthly posts in collaboration with  L'Ecole Winery .* A group of us participate in a virtual tasting with their marketing manager, the winemaker, and the general manager and discuss timely topics. This month, we are talking about harvest with their  2019 Frenchtown . And we got to, virtually, meet the new marketing manger, Ben. Looking forward to working with him though we will all miss Marta who is on her new adventure in her home country of Portugal. L'Ecole's 2019 Frenchtown As this is the first red wine released of the season - it comes out about seven months ahead of the other reds - it's fitting that it's the first red wine on which this group is focused. The 2019 Frencht...

Super Tuscans, Take-Out Pizza, and a Spicy Summer Salad #ItalianFWT

For the month of July the Italian Food Wine Travel bloggers are looking at Super Tuscans with Jill of L'Occasion at the lead. You can read her invitation here . If you are reading this early enough, feel free to join us for a live Twitter chat on Saturday, June 27th. Follow the hashtag #ItalianFWT and be sure to add that to any tweets you post so that we can see it, too. Because our usual posting date - the first Saturday of the month - would have conflicted with the American Independence Day holiday, we pushed our posting up a week. So, all of these will be live by early morning on Saturday, June 27th. Naming Rights + Super Tuscans |  We get the scoop from our host at L'Occasion. Super Tuscans, Take-Out Pizza, and a Spicy Summer Salad | This post comes to you from the kitchen magician behind Culinary Adventures with Camilla. Super Tuscans: What's It All About? | This question will be answered by the founder of #ItalianFWT, VinoTravels. A Stop at Brancaia an...