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CHEFS AND COOKS: A GUIDE TO BUILDING YOUR BRAND AND CAREER

Culinary Cues

Visit the source of ingredients you work with. Get to know the serious cooks and chefs in your area, the producers and growers, the chefs outside your area that you respect, writers and influencers, academics and researchers, equipment representatives, and anyone who has a professional interest in the business you have chosen for a career.

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Tasting Wines With Count Cinzano

The Wine Knitter

Gently rolling hills dominate the landscape of Tuscany, famous for its medieval towns, wine vineyards, striking cathedrals, and the birthplace of renowned artists such as Michelangelo, Botticelli, and Leonardo da Vinci. The village of Montalcino sits high up on a hill with vineyards sloping down into the valley.

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A Celebration Of Women In Wine

The Wine Knitter

So, influenced by her grandmother, who was her “guiding light,” Ntsiki took the initiative and established Aslina Wines in 2016, naming it in honor of her grandmother. Aslina Sauvignon Blanc 2021 The grapes for this 100% Sauvignon blanc are sourced from the Stellenbosch region of South Africa and sustainably farmed.

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What Hotel Menu Trends Will Define 2022?

Hot Schedules

Wellness and ecological trends that gained popularity over COVID will continue in the post-pandemic world, meaning hotel recipe management practices will need to prioritize sourcing from local suppliers to meet these expectations. Source eco-friendly products where possible, and look at implementing onsite produce gardens and/or composting.

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WindRacer Wines

A Wine Story

And the making of luxury wine also takes years of vineyard decisions and winemaking attention. 2018 Saralee’s Vineyard Chardonnay The famous Saralee’s Vineyard has a rich history and reputation for producing stunning Burgundian varieties. This cooling influence allows the grapes to ripen slowly, developing rich, complex flavors.

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Black Vintners and Wine Professionals in the Spotlight?

Sante

opened Woburn Winery, the first American, Black-owned vineyard and winery, in Virginia. His passion for wine grew from serving it to selecting grapes from Oregon vineyards and learning the art of winemaking to produce wine for top New York restaurants.??. single vineyards. McBride Sisters Robin and Andrea in the vineyard.

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Tasting Wine With Sergio Zingarelli

Sante

Working together, Italo and Sergio replanted the vineyards and restored the farmstead. I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with Sergio a few months ago at a winemaker luncheon for a vertical tasting of six Rocca delle Macie’s historic cru wines made exclusively with grapes grown in their Fizzano estate vineyard.

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