I’m a huge proponent of boxed wine. I regularly have a box of white wine in my refrigerator for easy access. It’s a great space saver, and they allow me to buy a lot of wine at one time. I love having it and not having to store it elsewhere, or worrying about it becoming [...]

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Jo Diaz on March 10th, 2010

It just had to happen.
In 2002, when I organized and started not only PS I Love You, but also started the Association of African American Vintners, I was thinking about starting an Irish American Vintners Association. It just made sense to me. Concannon Vineyard was/is a client of Diaz Communications. (Although I’m no longer the [...]

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Jo Diaz on March 9th, 2010

I’ve been pretty open on this wine blog that Enoforum Wines, from the Alentejo region of Portugal, is one of my clients. This is my journal, and I’m recording my realistic journey in the wine business. When Enoforum Wines and our Diaz  Communications partnered, it wasn’t with the thinking that Enoforum might be imported into [...]

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Suisun Valley Grape Growers Association (SVGGA)
Experiences a Metamorphosis in Name…to…
Suisun Valley Vintners & Growers Association (SVVGA)
When the Suisun Valley Grape Growers Association (SVGGA) was formed in 2003 as a wine grape coalition, it had two main goals:

To advance awareness of the Suisun Valley American Viticultural Area, established in 1982.
To send their message of Ultra [...]

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WEEK 5 : Headed toward the end of this experiment; and, as luck wouldn’t have it, I’ve got myself a brutal cold. This means that my palate is totally off, and this will have to be tasted in the most extreme swirling my mouth has ever done, so I can maximize tasting the effects. [...]

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