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Engaging the Senses One Glass, One Bite, One Image, One Experience At A Time. It's time to taste your world!

Engaging the Senses

The Blog "Engaging the Senses" includes thoughts on wine, food, travel and art from James Beard Award-winning writer, WSET educator and travel photographer Lyn Farmer

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June 27, 2022

Wine and Passion

June 27, 2022/ Lyn Farmer
Wine and Passion

Thoughts on a lesson about wine from a music class, and how you can improve your expertise by re-becoming a beginner.

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June 27, 2022/ Lyn Farmer/ Comment
Reflection, tasting note, Wine Class
tasting, wine tasting, WSET, Napa, Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion, Alto-Adige, Chianti, Brolio, Champagne, Piper-Heidsieck, Chablis, Carneros, chardonnay, pinot grigio, riesling, Mosel, Sauternes, Port, LBV, Shiraz, Barossa, Rioja, Morey-Saint-Deny
April 05, 2019

Time for a Wine Holiday

April 05, 2019/ Lyn Farmer
Time for a Wine Holiday

Springtime holidays are coming up, so it’s a good time to revisit some basics about how wine and food go together, especially since you’ll probably be choosing wine for a group. Here’s a concise exploration of the basics

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April 05, 2019/ Lyn Farmer/ Comment
Reflection
Food pairing, Wine and Food, Pinot Grigio, St-Emilion, Bordeaux, Sauvignon Blanc, Oyster Bay, Sancerre
July 27, 2018

Rhône is Where the Heart Is...and More

July 27, 2018/ Lyn Farmer
Rhône is Where the Heart Is...and More

No country has as diverse an array of great and classic wines as France, so I’m particularly happy to announce a new wine course that explores the wines of France in depth. Read all about it right here!

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July 27, 2018/ Lyn Farmer/ Comment
Wine Class
France, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rhone, Alsace, Provence
April 28, 2017

Bud Break and Heartbreak

April 28, 2017/ Lyn Farmer
Bud Break and Heartbreak

Does vintage really matter in an age when technology helps winemakers produce good wine every year? It does when the winemaker gets no grapes, and that may be the result for many after a week of devastating frost in Europe.

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April 28, 2017/ Lyn Farmer/ Comment
News
Frost, weather, climate, bud break, Alsace, Bordeaux, Humbrecht
November 24, 2014

We have nothing to hide

November 24, 2014/ Lyn Farmer
We have nothing to hide

What can we learn from the announcement that Bordeaux' Château Beychevelle is constructing a new visitor-friendly winery? Perhaps the French are catching up to North America....

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November 24, 2014/ Lyn Farmer/
Reflection
Bordeaux, St. Julien, wine, winery, tourism
September 01, 2014

The Alchemy of Time and Place

September 01, 2014/ Lyn Farmer
The Alchemy of Time and Place

New Zealand's iconic winery Craggy Range sent out their Dynamic Duo of viticulturalist Steve Smith, MW and chief winemaker Matt Stafford to bang the drum for 2013, "the vintage of a generation" according to Smith. Was it really that good? Oh yes, it was...it is. 

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September 01, 2014/ Lyn Farmer/
tasting note, Profile
Craggy Range, Bordeaux, wine, winemaker, New Zealand, blend, merlot
August 25, 2014

My dinner with Philippine

August 25, 2014/ Lyn Farmer
My dinner with Philippine

Baroness Philippine de Rothschild, one of the leading figures in French wine, passed away August 23 at age 80. I remember her from many glittery events, but most of all from one decidedly informal evening - dinner in my home with no Mouton Rothschild and an unlikely star.

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August 25, 2014/ Lyn Farmer/
Profile
Bordeaux, Wine, winemakers, Pauillac

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