by Eve Bushman | Jul 27, 2020 | Eve's Wine 101
Essentials For Your Liquor Cabinet We have a well-stocked wine cellar and liquor cabinet, and both come in handy. And while it takes years of tasting to amass a decent cellar, it only takes one or two trips to the supermarket or liquor store to have the staples needed...
by Eve Bushman | Mar 19, 2020 | Eve's Wine 101
Taking it all in – The Wine That Is – In Paso Robles Thacher Winery Described as a “boutique” winery, with an emphasis on two of my favorites: Rhone blends and Zinfandel. We found that they are one of the few wineries not pulling out their Zinfandel vines, are...
by Eve Bushman | Jan 20, 2020 | Eve's Wine 101
Finding Whiskey in Santa Clarita and Beyond With whisky – single malt Scotch whisky, single malt whisky from outside of Scotland, blended whisky, rye and bourbon whiskey – quickly becoming the most popular category I thought it was high time that I reached out to some...
by Eve Bushman | Nov 25, 2019 | Eve's Wine 101
Beautiful Napa Valley Joseph Phelps Insignia Event, Beringer Veranda, Alpha Omega Terrace, Caldwell Cave, Knights Bridge Vault + Shout Outs We try to visit Napa Valley every other year to discover new places and to enjoy club member events – and now both seem to last...
by Eve Bushman | Sep 23, 2019 | Eve's Wine 101
Santa Barbara Wineries In and Around the Funk Zone We don’t know why we never visited Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone, but when we read that Doug Margerum of Margerum Wine Company was opening a tasting room there, joining quite a few other wineries and wine bars, we decided...
by Eve Bushman | Jul 19, 2019 | Great Escape
Discovering Spain’s Number One Monastery Turned Hotel, Winery and Spa: Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine When I was invited to visit a winery in Spain, I didn’t hesitate. Why travel thousands of miles for one winery? Because Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine isn’t just a winery....
by Eve Bushman | May 24, 2019 | Eve's Wine 101
Wine-ing & Cocktail-ing On A Cruise I’m one of those cruise ship vacationers that can hardly wait to see the next day’s itinerary slipped under my door at night. Literally plan my day by it. And it seemed to me that there is always a wine tasting or cocktail...
by Eve Bushman | Mar 25, 2019 | Eve's Wine 101 |
Moderation: What Does That Term Really Mean for Wine Drinkers? In 2011, I penned the “Benefits of Moderate Drinking,” for élite Magazine, quoting the internationally recognized source Wine and Spirits Education Trust, the American Cancer Society and a local...
by Eve Bushman | Jan 31, 2019 | Eve's Wine 101 |
Romancing the Grape For this issue, hitting your mailbox before Valentine’s Day, I thought of the many romanticized reasons why we may have a love for certain wines. We all know that taste is the most important, but what makes a particular wine really stand out in...
by Eve Bushman | Nov 26, 2018 | Eve's Wine 101 |
Why Women Are Better Wine Tasters: Fact and Eve’s Fiction According to Wikipedia and other Google sources, a “SuperTaster” is defined as, “a person who experiences the sense of taste with far greater intensity than average. Women are more likely to be supertasters as...
by Eve Bushman | Sep 24, 2018 | Eve's Wine 101 |
Wine – Don’t Ever Be Afraid To Ask a Question What bothers me the most about people in the wine industry: those that choose to do a disservice by intentionally talking above someone’s head and/or being in any way snobbish – perceived or real – by others. As a...
by Eve Bushman | Jul 23, 2018 | Eve's Wine 101 |
Let’s Try to Rosé This Day Away! Rosé is so wildly popular right now, almost reminds me of when White Zinfandel made wine drinkers out of many, but the flavor profile is a bit different. It’s not just made from the Zinfandel grape, but instead it could be made from...
