Oh my. Where did April go? I hit the road and came back to a sniffly daughter and am just now getting my feet back under me. And all the while it’s been full steam ahead towards the Nourish Network launch. If anyone would like to get a sneak peek of the site as a […]
Talk about a toot and run (that sounds like something Noemi does). Sorry about the radio silence there. I just got back from moderating the panel at UC Davis’s Symposium for Food Systems and Sustainability yesterday. Wow. My head is still spinning. And now just a few days until I’m off to the International Association […]
February 24, 2009 – 12:53 pm
I’m warning you, this post will likely make you sigh a deep sigh and might even bring tears to your eyes. It’s a guest post from The Eloquent One on Halcyon Days.
The term Halcyon Days comes from the mythical Greek halcyon kingfisher. Legend has it that she would charm the winter seas of the […]
February 13, 2009 – 8:47 am
We’ve had some casualties in the kitchen as of late. One of them being the tip of my finger (ouch). Another being several of our Riedel ‘O’s over the course of just a few weeks. So I was especially delighted to receive an e-mail this week from Jessica, “Just Another Wine Lover” and a Swirling Notions […]
February 10, 2009 – 8:53 pm
This is the third year that Clos du Bois has partnered with WomenHeart to promote women’s heart health. So head to www.toasttowomen.com and send an eToast (you can see the choices below) to your beloved. With each card sent, Clos du Bois will donate $1 to WomenHeart.
You’ll also find heart-healthy recipes from the new WomenHeart All Heart […]
February 2, 2009 – 10:31 am
Well . . . maybe not quite yet. But it is time for this year’s American Wine Blog Awards and I’m thrilled to announce that Swirling Notions has been nominated in the Best Wine Blog Writing category!
Kudos to uber-wine blogger, Tom Wark, for presenting and producing the awards, in their third year this year. […]
January 21, 2009 – 11:03 am
Organic, sustainable, biodynamic . . . it can be profoundly confusing to navigate what going green really means in the wine world. I’m going to attempt to clear it up in this series of posts—with help from Keith and Erik.
First, some basic vocabulary:
SustainableAt its core—whether you’re talking wind or wine, agriculture or aquaculture, the concept of sustainability […]
January 9, 2009 – 2:21 pm
It was so gloomy here for so long that I think I’d just resigned myself to gray. But then yesterday the sun came out—and stayed out for what seemed like way past normal—and come night, there was even a nice plump moon hovering over town.
So today I resolved to get out and about and […]
January 2, 2009 – 9:57 pm
Our New Year’s was absolutely outstanding. Not in the over-the-top manner of last year, but in the soul-nourishing, heart-thrumming way that comes from being surrounded by dear friends and feeling so grateful for them you ache.
One particular moment will shine forever bright in my memory. It was last night—the night after New Year’s Eve—and we’d […]
December 23, 2008 – 11:05 am
I got a great holiday e-mail from my agent that gave suggestions for supporting our “global” village during the holidays and it got me thinking . . . enough so that I added a few of my own. So if you haven’t yet sent all your cards or baked all your cookies or bought all your gifts, […]
