Author: Amy Corron Power
A licensed attorney, Amy is a wine-lover, foodie, photographer, political junkie and award-winning author who writes about Wine, Food, Beer & Spirits. As Managing Editor & Tasting Director for Another Wine Blog, she travels all over the world's wine regions to share her experiences with her readers and legions of twitter, Instagram and Facebook friends and fans. Amy holds certifications through the International Sommelier Guild, and is also certified, with honors, as a California Wine Appellation Specialist (CWAS). She is a member of the Guild of Sommeliers, The Wine & Food Foundation of Texas and regularly attends Houston Sommelier Association events.
Amy is also a contributor to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books, and was most recently published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Gratitude.
Wine & Food Erotica from Charlottesville, Virginia
Eric Asmiov, who writes for the New York Times “Diner’s Journal Blog”, told bloggers in his keynote speech at the Wine Bloggers Conference in Charlottesville, Virginia, that he learned to think about wine in terms of drinking it, as opposed to tasting it. Simply tasting it, says Asimov, misses the point in forming a connection with wine, to those of us who are passionate about it.
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Is PR Giving You a Bad Name?
East Bound & Down, in Charlottesville for WBC11
Go West, Wine Lover, Go West!
Join us at the West of the West Wine Festival, August 5-7th, where wine lovers will be treated to an insider taste of some of the most acclaimed cool-climate Pinot Noirs, Chardonnays and Syrahs in the beautiful town of Occidental, California, an hour north of San Francisco and just east of Bodega Bay.
Continue readingWine Writing is Broken? Viva Wine Blogging!
Lately, I rarely have time to keep up with wine industry news much less to read other blogs. So it takes something especially clever or infuriating to get my attention. Last week I encountered both.
Continue readingTaste Live! Tuesday: California Chardonnay
In the 1976 Judgement of Paris, a Napa Valley Chardonnay took top rating over French wines. But did you know the grapes for the winning 1973 Chateau Montelena came primarily from Sonoma?
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