The Wine Stewards recently enjoyed a special Worldwide Wine-Tasting Tour featuring the best wines from Napa, Australia, Argentina and Chile. Chateau D’Bones, the home of Jere and Vickie Bone, selected six wines from award-winning vineyards for the Wine Stewards’ tasting pleasure. Members were seated at various linen-draped tables with platters of cheese and nuts atop…
Texas is one of the oldest wine growing states in the U.S. with vines planted here more than a hundred years earlier than California or Virginia. The advent of the Temperance Movement and Prohibition virtually eliminated the Texas wine industry, which did not experience a revival until the 1970s, beginning with the founding of Llano…
Bernadette Fideli Ask most people what kind of Spanish wine they enjoy and most will enthusiastically reply, “Sangria!” Spain has much more to offer in wine than this fortified fruity punch. Eileen Whittaker and Jim Fox delighted the Wine Stewards with an educational evening exploring the world of Spanish wines. If one mostly drinks wines…
Bernadette Fideli In November 2010, the Argentine government declared wine as Argentina’s National Liquor: Vino Argentino Bebida Nacional. Not ones to ignore a national decree, Rupa Mathur and Alfred Van Gool invited the Wine Stewards to an evening tasting of the wines of Argentina. Argentina enjoys the status of being South America’s No. 1 wine-producing…
Bernadette Fideli The Wine Stewards welcomed the month of December in true Southern style at the home of Bill and Bernadette Fideli. The festive evening began with a toast of sparkling wine to celebrate seven years of friendship and good times. Brut and Demi-Sec wines, together with a variety of appetizers, put the Wine Stewards…
Bernadette Fideli Washington State has the wealthiest person in the United States in Bill Gates with 82 billion. It also has the 2014 Super Bowl Champions in the Seattle Seahawks. However, Texas has the richest woman in the United States in Alice Walton, 38.5 billion, who lives in Fort Worth. And the Dallas Cowboys defeated…
Bernadette Fideli The Wine Stewards enjoyed an evening of wine, food and dance as they celebrated National Hispanic Heritage Month at the home of Pete and Nancy Toppan. Americans and Canadians observe this month-long celebration from September 15 to October 15. September 15 was chosen as the start date because it is the anniversary of…
Bernadette Fideli William Sokolin, the world’s most foremost expert on wine investing, once was asked, “What is the definition of a good wine.” “It should start and end with a smile,” was his reply. There were plenty of smiles at Charlie and Cherie Snowden’s home as the Wine Stewards celebrated the end of summer and…
Did you know that the Kingdom of Belgium encompasses all the best that Western Europe has to offer in an area no bigger than the State of Maryland? The world’s main Diamond Center is in Antwerp, Brussels and is the capital of the European Union and also the headquarters of NATO. Belgian Chocolate is considered…
With apologies to Alfred Lord Tennyson, at Robson Ranch a man’s fancy does NOT turn to thoughts of love in spring. Rather it is a season to shake off the doldrums of winter’s sleet and ice. It is a time to yearn for the outdoors and golf, garden and grill. For the Wine Stewards, it…