by Sue Straight | Dec 5, 2017 | The Wine Life
Tom Petty is one of my favorite musicians (RIP) and his music continues to be part of my life’s soundtrack. I chose “Into The Great Wide Open” as the title for this piece, because it fits perfectly with my current phase in life. Into The Great Wide Open… A couple of...
by Sue Straight | Apr 8, 2017 | The Wine Life
I am an admitted California wine and food geek and the best thing I ever ate was fois gras on brioche toast, with a perfectly poached egg on top, all swimming in a rich, creamy sauce, paired with a white Rhône wine. It was at a restaurant called “Le Jardin” in...
by Sue Straight | Dec 6, 2015 | The Wine Life
I’ve spent much of my 30-plus year career managing tasting rooms. I’ve worked for small, family owned wineries and large corporate wineries and I’ve worked in the middle of town and way out in the country. Visitor demographics vary widely, depending on the winery, the...
by Sue Straight | Jan 11, 2015 | The Wine Life
Tasting Room Etiquette Tips From The Wine Wench® – For Visitors Want to have a great time when you go wine tasting? Here are a few tried-and-true tips from someone who has been working behind tasting room counters for over 30 years. Fasten your seatbelt – here...
by Sue Straight | Dec 19, 2014 | The Wine Life
Passion In The Tasting Room Wine inspires passion, or it should, anyway. Any wine lover will tell you about lovely, wine-drenched conversations that they have enjoyed with colleagues, friends and loved ones. In my wine circles, we have solved the world’s problems...
by Sue Straight | Jan 14, 2014 | The Wine Life
We sit, the five of us, in pristine white lab coats, as if ready to perform some bizarre experiment. The first trays of wine glasses are wheeled in, tinkling merrily, and we get to work. We swirl each glass, check the color of the wine inside and dive in with our...
