Holiday party at one of my favorite wineries? Yes please! Add in sampling of clean wines around the world? WELL … Continue reading Arterra Clean Wine Initiative and Linden Free-Form

Today’s post is brought to you by the letters W, O and W and the number 7.  All I can … Continue reading Arterra 2017 Red Release September 2019

Dad and I hung out today, getting him out and about and enjoying pizza and blanc de noirs at Stone … Continue reading Willowcroft with Dad

Welcome back, NoVaWine Bloggers in the Book Club, for installment 2 of our discussion of Terry Theise’s book What Makes a … Continue reading MNWB Book Club Installment 2: Chapters 2 & 3, What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking

MNWB = My Nova Wine Blog, cause who types it all out anymore? LOL. To be frank, I bought the … Continue reading MNWB Book Club: Installment 1: What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking?

This was a weekend of celebrations.  You see, NovaWineBlog’s Son graduated from high school Thursday! Hooray!  It’s the culmination of … Continue reading Weekend Celebrations and Wine with Family

As much as I intend to keep this blog about wine, I cannot escape inserting random editorial comments about life, … Continue reading Rose on Mother’s Day

Chenin Blanc definitely deserves its own day, just like Malbec.  And good chenin blanc is amazing. And so we begin … Continue reading Arterra’s 2018 Estate White Wine Release

We’re going through some tough times.  Beloved son is 18 and (hopefully) heading to community college this fall.  We have … Continue reading My Husband Told Me to Buy Wine at Target