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MOVE OVER BACCHUS, AND MAKE ROOM FOR THE GRAPE GODDESS

MOVE OVER BACCHUS, AND MAKE ROOM FOR THE GRAPE GODDESS

Hotelie Magazine, Fall 2016 By Sherry Negrea Read this interview with Planet Grape’s trailblazing Master Sommelier Catherine Fallis here:   http://pubs.sha.cornell.edu/i/738678-hotelie-fall-2016

Women for WineSense Winemaking Roundtable Hosts Sommelier and Buyer Relations Expert Catherine Fallis, April 20th at Chimney Rock

Women for WineSense Winemaking Roundtable Hosts Sommelier and Buyer Relations Expert Catherine Fallis, April 20th at Chimney Rock

NAPA, CALIFORNIA: The Napa | Sonoma chapter of Women for WineSense’s (WWS) Winemaking & Viticultural roundtable welcomes Master Sommelier Catherine Fallis, with a long industry history as a salesperson, sommelier, distributor, critic and supplier to discuss how winemakers and viticulturists can best relate to and communicate effectively with sommeliers and wine buyers.   The roundtable […]

MASTER SOMMELIER CATHERINE FALLIS LAUNCHES WINE REVIEW

MASTER SOMMELIER CATHERINE FALLIS LAUNCHES WINE REVIEW

Prime Women, March 19, 2016   Food & Wine by Tricia Conover   The First Women-Led Wine Rating Panel Aims to Take the Guesswork out of Wine Purchasing (KA-thuh-rin FAH-lis) Catherine Fallis, MS, the 5th woman in the world to be named a Master Sommelier, has launched a new women-led wine-rating panel. In a Q&A last […]

THE MONK’S ELIXIR – Unique Sagrantino DOCG is Ripe for Discovery

THE MONK’S ELIXIR – Unique Sagrantino DOCG is Ripe for Discovery

Planet Grape  The SOMM Journal  October November 2015 While tourists flock to artistic, medieval Perugia and Assisi, landlocked Umbria’s bucolic green rolling hills provide idyllic growing conditions for spicy olives, lentils, wheat and spelt, and the tartufo nero (black truffle) di Norcia. Black pigs roam the verdant hills and lush forests, along with deer, sheep and cows. […]

SUNNY SUD DE FRANCE

SUNNY SUD DE FRANCE

Planet Grape  The SOMM Journal  AUGUST  SEPTEMBER 2015   It is time to take a look beyond the quaffable Vin de Pays wines of sunny Sud de France. Languedoc Roussillon is a treasure trove of clean, fruit-forward, food-friendly, value-priced wines to pour and to offer by the bottle well below $100. A common thread of […]

PLANET GRAPE’S GUIDE TO STARTING A WINE COLLECTION

PLANET GRAPE’S GUIDE TO STARTING A WINE COLLECTION

Do you ever wonder what it might be like to step into a room chock full of your favorite wines, pick up a few bottles that are in their prime drinking range, and step back into your dining room? For many of us this is no more than a fantasy. Unlike the classic homes of […]

PLANET GRAPE’S GUIDE – WHICH WINE GLASS?

PLANET GRAPE’S GUIDE – WHICH WINE GLASS?

If you think the perfect stemware is a must-have for your wine of choice, think again. Every day wines taste great in the park, or at the beach, places where ideal glassware is not usually at hand. Genuine wine lovers care less than you might imagine about glassware. The wine itself is key. Everything else […]