Gatekeepers and Query Letters
Parts of the query letter and tips on crafting one Continue reading Gatekeepers and Query Letters
Author: Diana
To Italy and back again: I lived the expat life in Piemonte for 6 years, then returned and landed in NYC. I still speak Italian every day, judge a bar by their Negroni, and never settle for less than the best pizza.
I Wrote a Book, and Now I Want to Publish It
The writing journey, and the adventure to getting my book traditionally published…Here goes! Continue reading I Wrote a Book, and Now I Want to Publish It
6 Book and Wine Pairing Recommendations
I’ll sit down with popcorn and wine to enjoy with a book more often than with a movie. Here are 6 of my top wine and book pairing recommendations. Continue reading 6 Book and Wine Pairing Recommendations
Wine365 | Recipe for Mulled Wine with Port
I tried mulled wine in Austria for the first time, where it was ladled into paper cups and I wrapped my hands around it to warm my fingers while browsing the Christmas market. I was still in high school, so drinking wine on cobbled streets lined with snow was that much more delicious. Plus, as I’ve learned from mulling wine at home, by the time … Continue reading Wine365 | Recipe for Mulled Wine with Port
Wine365 | Custom-Fit Cabernet Clones at Sequoia Grove
Grape cloning might sound like something from a sci-fi movie or, at the very least, a GMO experiment you don’t want to touch with the tendril of a ten-foot grapevine…but you probably poured its contents from your wine bottle the other night.
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Wine365 | What Happens at the Sorting Table?
May only the best grapes win. Winemakers will often say that “the wine is made in the vineyard,” meaning the attentive, daily care they give the vines and grapes directly determines the quality of the wine. You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear, in other words. By the time all those painstakingly grown and cared-for grapes are brought in to be destemmed, crushed, fermented, and made into wine months or years from the date of harvest, you can bet the winemaker will not skip the sorting table.
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Wine365 | Five Things You Didn’t Know about Moscato d’Asti
Moscato. For many people, this word brings up an image of sweet, bubbly wine that they’d rather say, “pass” to. But they’d be missing out on a wonderfully fresh, easy-pairing wine that’s a delight to drink if so.
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Concrete Jungle
Rural suburbia and urban city life — not totally different. Continue reading Concrete Jungle
How Is Your Spring Going? NYC in the Time of COVID-19
Two months in and watching as some states reopen, here are a few snapshots of the beginning, in the thick of it, and hopefully nearing the drawn-out end of NYC during the coronavirus. Continue reading How Is Your Spring Going? NYC in the Time of COVID-19
Places that Never Leave You
If we’re lucky, we have multiple places that leave their marks on our hearts and skin and minds and soul. A mix of bittersweet nostalgia and fond memory. Continue reading Places that Never Leave You
Filo Rosso 