VineBuzz

The word from Wine Enthusiast is out.  They have named Virginia one of the world's top ten wine travel destinations.  Alix Bryan, WTVR.com/CBS6 Web Producer published a video replete with testimonials by Jason Tesauro, Bartholemew Broadbent, and other dignitaries.  It might have been edited to modify audience perceptions of the intended positions of those speaking.

Every industry has emerging brands struggling to break out of their confines. Bold ideas in cross-breeding can propel their escape from those bonds.

A film making and wine aficionado friend Anita Gouloomian accidentally pushed my you-have-to-do-this-right-away button for a wine-food pairing tête-à-tête last Thursday with Andrea Immer Robinson, CMS extraordinaire, Producer, and Host at JGR Productions.

On the afternoon of Thursday, October 14th, I delighted in visiting with the Yates family on their vineyard estate in the Mayacamas range near the Hess Collection in the Mount Veeder AVA at an elevation of between 1000 and 1200 feet.

Celebrity Wine Review TV, threw a wine party at the Hotel Rex in downtown San Francisco on Friday, October 1st from 6-9PM.