Category Archives: wine and food

Seek Plymouth to Taste Life

Posted on February 27, 2021 by @jamieweil

Just after Labor Day, during full-on Covid Season, I was in the middle of a project rewriting a book I had written in a weekend retreat during March 2020. Revision is the hardest part, and I needed to stick it … Continue reading →

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Divine White Wines That Will Blow Your Mind (and Reds, too!)

Posted on November 3, 2020 by @jamieweil

STANDOUT WINE: 2016 Chardonnay Reserve ($60.00) I wasn’t ready for it, this gorgeous winery in Southern Ashland. It was Labor Day. Yeah, I know I’m behind, but with numerous disastrous fires, near death by fire, PG&E constantly turning off our … Continue reading →

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Covid Season and Wine, 2020: Co-Professors of the Art of Winetasting and Connection

Posted on September 28, 2020 by @jamieweil

Why are we winetasting for 21 days during Covid Season? We love stories, and we see the microcosm of what’s happening in wineries line up with the macrocosm of what’s happening in the world. You may have to stick with … Continue reading →

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Lessons from Fire: Love More, Fear Less

Posted on September 12, 2020 by @jamieweil

Carpe Diem. I am reminded each day that we are here to seize the moment. When we marinate in indecision, fear, the “what ifs,” we truly miss the point. That’s the idea this blog tour aims to support. That even … Continue reading →

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Ashlandia

Posted on February 18, 2019 by @jamieweil

Nestled in Southern Oregon just across the Oregon border, Ashlandia is a world all its own, a beautiful world indeed. Continue reading →

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Revisiting Amador-able

Posted on November 9, 2016 by @jamieweil

Last year around this time, Mike and I grabbed a handful of friends and hit up the California wine region of Amador County, a little pocket of gold country east of Sacramento.           This year, we weren’t planning … Continue reading →

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Magnificent Mt. Shasta

Posted on January 26, 2016 by @jamieweil

When I first caught sight of it I was 50 miles away and afoot, alone and weary. Yet all my blood turned to wine, and I have not been weary since. John Muir of Mt Shasta, 1874 View from Mount … Continue reading →

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Amador-able: Go Get You Some

Posted on November 9, 2015 by @jamieweil

In the Sierra Nevada foothills lies the county of Amador. Its rolling hills are dotted with oaks and vineyards. In the Autumn, shades of yellow, orange, and red smear together across the Shenandoah Valley like oils on a palette. Tiny, historic towns with storefronts reminiscent … Continue reading →

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Name Your Good

Posted on March 9, 2015 by @jamieweil

Saturday night, my husband and I hit local restaurant Club Paradisio in Redding. We’ve been trying to get there since last October when I first discovered it and ate there one cold, October night. I found this treasure after the hospital cafeteria closed during my mom’s late … Continue reading →

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The Oak at Dusk

Posted on February 16, 2015 by @jamieweil

Nature, on an ordinary day, is anything but ordinary. It mesmerizes me, when I stop long enough to breathe it in. Last night was one of those moments. I headed out to the hot tub around 5:00 and watched day … Continue reading →

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