Provence Archives - Dr. Liz Thach, MW

Men Drink Pink Too: A Sophisticated Rosé Wine for Father’s Day

Real Men Drink Rosé Wine. Photo Credit: Pexels.com, Ryan Holloway One of my favorite memories is coming across a group of men in leather jackets standing next to their motorcycles and drinking rosé wine. This happened in Italy, and I still kick myself that I didn't get a photo of them. However, perhaps it doesn't matter, because there are many men who drink rosé wine. Take my neighor, Paul, who enjoys drinking one of the most expensive rosé wines in the world - Garrus by Chateau d'Esclans, which costs around $125 per bottle. It is made in Provence, France, from [...]

SSU Wine Grads Start SommSelect and Conduct Wine Tasting at Alma Mater

Contributed by Itze Pena-Andrade - Cheers to our second WineSense Club meeting of the Fall 2015 semester! We were very excited to welcome back Brandon Carneiro and Tyler Wedeking from SommSelect to come speak with us about what SommSelect is and offers. A little bit of History Ian Cauble and Brandon Carneiro, the co-founders of SommSelect, first met at Sonoma State University in 1999 where they quickly became friends during their time as undergrads. Ian majored in international business and Spanish; Brandon studied economics. Years later, they reconnected in Las Vegas where Brandon was working as a fine wine salesperson [...]