Think Pink: All Things Rosé Release Date: April 24, 2025 Today, we’re diving into one of our favorite styles of wine: rosé! This style of wine has become increasingly popular over the past decade. Rosé wines have a long history of existence, but after decades of a downhill spiral, it now seems like every wine […]
Voices of the Vine Podcast
Join Denise Gardner and Virginia Mitchell as they explore the nuances of wine and the wine industry.
Voices of the Vine: Episode 14
From Forest to Barrel, and How Oak Influences Wine Release Date: April 10, 2025 Did you know that it takes between 105 and 180 years before a tree is harvested for a wine barrel? No? Neither did we! As we continue our conversation with Gina Shay, Sales Representative for the Greater USA and Canada through […]
Voices of the Vine: Episode 13
“I Wanted to Sell Oak Full Time”: Gina Shay and Her Oak Industry Perspectives Release Date: March 28, 2025 Wow! We have such an amazing guest to share with you today. If you have been following along with our oaky wine series, you know we have dived into some oak history, uses of oak in […]
Voices of the Vine: Episode 12
Wine Tasting Short: Hacienda Lopez de Haro 2014 Gran Reserva Release Date: March 14, 2025 Photos by: Denise M. Gardner Welcome to Part 2 on our series on Rioja. Today we are going to talk about a Gran Reserva from Rioja. This is the style of the wine that is aged than we tasted in […]
Voices of the Vine: Episode 11
Wine Tasting Short: Bodegas Lan 2020 Rioja Crianza Release Date: February 28, 2025 Photos by: Denise M. Gardner Today’s Wine Tasting Short is a part of a two-part series. This is going to be part one where we start to explore some wines from Rioja. In our oaky series, we’ve been talking a lot about […]
Voices of the Vine: Episode 10
For the Love of Oak Release Date: February 14, 2025 We want to continue our series exploring a bit more about the use of wood, and specifically, oak, in wine. So today, we’re going to discuss a few of our favorite oaky wines including Oaky Chardonnay, Napa Valley Cabernets, Australian Shiraz, and Rioja wines. But […]





