A Peak into Presenting
Seeing as a great deal of my precious weekends (and some weekdays) over the past three months have been taken up by running masterclasses...
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Christina Pickard
- Jul 5, 2010
- 1 min
The Great Central New York Milk Tasting
Recently my father, inspired by our spectacular blind tasting of premium wines at the home of our family friends (see previous blog),...
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Christina Pickard
- Jun 30, 2010
- 3 min
Sipping Legends in Central New York
The time: Last Saturday evening. The place: The home of close family friends Donna and Richard Cross. What: The opportunity to tour...
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Christina Pickard
- Jun 16, 2010
- 6 min
‘The Puglia Diaries’ Part 2: Susumaniello Who?
OK after gushing over Puglia and its people, finally I get to talking about their wines, if not in a rather lengthy, list-y kind of way...
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Christina Pickard
- Jun 14, 2010
- 3 min
‘The Puglia Diaries’ Part 1: A ‘Heel-ing’ Trip of Tastings
I am a believer in Karma. For example I was devastated when two bottles of treasured dessert wines carried back from the Canary Islands...
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Christina Pickard
- Jun 1, 2010
- 4 min
Wines of Croatia 101
I am a wine geek. No surprises there. So when I heard about the Croatian wine tastings, I went along because I knew approximately two...
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Christina Pickard
- May 14, 2010
- 4 min
A Taste of Reality
Why did the chicken cross the Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre? (To get to the fresh oysters and crab) What do you get when you mix...
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Christina Pickard
- Apr 24, 2010
- 4 min
Cloudy with a Chance of Manure…the way ‘Real Wines’ should be
A Call to Arms for Natural Wines Many flourishing compliments have been written about wine importer/agent/distributor Les Caves de Pyrene...
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Christina Pickard
- Apr 21, 2010
- 2 min
BBQ Balm
Ingredients: –1 lamb chop (slightly burned) –1 roasted pepper –2 sausages –3 spoonfuls pasta salad –generous heaping of red wine Use...
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Christina Pickard
- Mar 13, 2010
- 4 min
Sun, Sand, and…Vineyards? (aka Discovering the wines of Gran Canaria)
When my dear, globe-trotting husband revealed to me that his next work trip would be to the Canary Islands, I promptly informed him that...
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Christina Pickard
- Mar 3, 2010
- 2 min
A Morning of Mozzarella
A few weeks ago I received an email from Douglas Blyde, a sommelier and wine and food journalist, saying he was helping to champion the...
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Christina Pickard
- Feb 22, 2010
- 3 min
Hey Hey USA!
Eyrie, Amity, Eroica, Boom Boom, and Kung Fu Girl…not ringing any bells? They’re only some of the top wineries/wines from two of the best...
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Christina Pickard
- Feb 5, 2010
- 2 min
Piu ‘Pupa Pepu’ Please!
I’d like to take a moment to talk about a very special wine. This was one I discovered at a tasting fair a few months ago. I try so many...
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Christina Pickard
- Jan 4, 2010
- 3 min
Hallowine in America: They do it bigger but do they really do it better?
What do you get when you mix: –2 Sauvignon Blancs, 2 Rieslings, 2 Zinfandel/Primitvos, 2 Cabernet Sauvignons, –One ‘wine trivia’ quiz,...
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