By Robert Giorgione on April 13, 2013
It gives me great pleasure to bring you another blog post by my roving sommelier guest wine blogger, Nastajia Bourke. Yet again, I’m delighted that she has decided to communicate her passion for wine and share with us some recent experiences of vineyard visits, wine discoveries and meeting top winemakers within her native New Zealand. Nastajia [...]
Posted in Guest Blogger, Sommelier Stories, Wine Reviews | Tagged An Epicurean Odyssey, Blanc, Book, Chateau Musar, eBook, Food and wine matching, Guest Blogger, Lebanon, Mollies Boutique Hotel, Nastajia Bourke, New Zealand, Rajat Parr, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Serge Hochar, social media, Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, wine blogs, Wine Reviews |
By Robert Giorgione on March 12, 2013
Essentially, this blog post is a quick little rant, as I really feel the need to get something off my chest and bring something important to your attention. Nowadays, especially with the rapid increase in technology and the use of the internet, allegedly it is so easy to scam, fake content and generally rip people off. [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Product Reviews, Sommelier Stories | Tagged Amazon, An Epicurean Odyssey, Book, Copyright, Downloading, eBook, Facebook, Food and wine matching, food blogs, Internet, Interviews, Kindle, Kindle Store, Lulu, Lulu.com, New Zealand, Photos, Publishing, Recipes, Restaurant Reviews, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Self-publishing, social media, Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Twitter, Videos, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, You Tube |
By Robert Giorgione on December 22, 2012
So, it’s taken me around six years, but finally it gives me great pleasure to announce the title of my second book – “An Epicurean Odyssey: Sommelier Stories”. Rest assured this ground-breaking book will really titilate your taste buds and quench your thirst for knowledge of the goings-on in the restaurant world! Essentially, “An Epicurean Odyssey” is [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Food and Wine Matching, Interviews, Recipes, Restaurant Reviews, Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Videos, Wine Reviews | Tagged An Epicurean Odyssey, Book, Books For Cooks, Borough Market, Chef, Court of Master Sommeliers, eBook, Fifth Floor, Food and wine matching, food blogs, Interviews, Kitchen Confidential, La Tante Claire, Les Caves de Pyrene, Lulu.com, Marylebone, Orrery, recipe, Recipes, Restaurant Reviews, Robert Giorgione, Roberto della Pietra, Roving Sommelier, social media, Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Thierry Tomasin, Videos, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Wine tasting, You Tube |
By Robert Giorgione on September 6, 2012
The readers of this blog and those who have engaged with me and my website before will probably know that I’m rather fond of Riesling – especially the German variety. To be honest, I could probably drink a German Riesling on every occasion possible, let alone just over a period of 31 days! A couple of months [...]
Posted in Food and Wine Matching, Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Wine Reviews | Tagged An Epicurean Odyssey, Bassermann-Jordan, Book, eBook, Ernst Loosen, Eva Fricke, Fifth Floor, Food and wine matching, food blogs, Germany, Iris Ellmann, Jan Matthias Klein, Mosel, Nahe, Nicky Forrest, Nik Weiss, Orrery, Pfalz, Phipps PR, Rheingau, riesling, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Schaefer-Frohlich, social media, Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, St Urbans Hof, Tasting Notes, Weingut Goettelmann, Wine Barn, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Wine tasting, Wines of Germany |
By Robert Giorgione on July 10, 2012
Andrew Jefford is considered to be one of the most-respected wine writers in the country. To be honest, I would say that he is arguably the finest wine communicator of his generation. I’ve been following him with great interest since I came to London in 1996 and decided to specialise in wine. Andrew’s well-written articles, books [...]
Posted in Sommelier Stories | Tagged Andrew Jefford, blogging, Decanter, Decanter World Wine Awards, Facebook, Louis Roederer, LRIWWA, Naked Wines, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, social media, Sommelier Stories, tweeting, Twitter, wine blogs |
By Robert Giorgione on May 9, 2012
Normally, during the first week of each month, I post on here a blog article entitled ”An interview with…”. This can be in the form of a straight-forward question and answer format and/or one of my roving sommelier video interviews. For this month, not only do we have a bit of a treat for you, but [...]
Posted in Competitions, Interviews, Videos, Wine Reviews | Tagged Bruno Murciano, Catherine Monahan, Clink Wines, Competitions, Interviews, Jamie Goode, Robert Giorgione, Robert Joseph, Roving Sommelier, social media, Sommelier, Spanish Wine, Videos, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Wine Stars, Wine tasting, Wines from Spain, You Tube |
By Robert Giorgione on March 5, 2012
As it’s the first Monday of the month, it’s time for my regular blog post – an article entitled“An Interview with…”. This may be a fellow sommelier, a chef, restaurateur, winemaker, blogger or person from within the wine and hospitality industry. It will enable you to catch a glimpse from ‘behind the scenes’ into someone’s [...]
Posted in Interviews, Sommelier Stories, Wine Reviews | Tagged Enomatic machines, Interviews, Italian Wine, Luciana Girotto, Marketing, Natural Wines, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Sarah Coursey, Simone Semprini, Slow Food, social media, Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, Videos, Vini Italiani, wine blogs, Wine merchant, Wine Reviews |
By Robert Giorgione on January 22, 2012
Apparently, they say that “time flies when you’re having fun!” Well, I have just realised that we are fast approaching the final week of January. It seems last Christmas and all the various shenanigans of 2011 were ages ago – let alone, just one month! The new year normally brings in a time for reflection and [...]
Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Sommelier Stories, Videos, Wine Reviews | Tagged An Epicurean Odyssey, Bermondsey Street, Book, Borough Market, Cheese, eBook, English Wine, Facebook, Famers' Markets, Food and wine matching, food blogs, Interviews, Jose Pizarro, Locavore, Maltby Street, Microbreweries, Natural Wines, Predictions, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, social media, Sommelier Stories, The Shard Building, Trends, Twitter, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Zucca |
By Robert Giorgione on December 19, 2011
Steve Jobs was a great man. His untimely death was tragic and he will certainly go down in history as a great visionary. In my opinion, he deserves to be held in the same highest esteem as such inventive luminaries as Caxton, Leonardo da Vinci, Edison and Brunel in the stellar firmament of true heroes. These [...]
Posted in Interviews, Product Reviews, Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Videos, Wine Reviews | Tagged An Epicurean Odyssey, Apple, Book, Dirty Dozen Tasting, eBook, Interviews, iPad, Jamie Goode, Jancis Robinson MW, Kindle, Kindle Store, Peter McCombie MW, Robert Giorgione, Robert McIntosh, Roving Sommelier, Ryan Opaz, Simon Woods, Smartphone, social media, Sommelier Stories, Steve Jobs, Tasting Notes, Tim Atkin MW, Videos, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Wine tasting, You Tube |
By Robert Giorgione on December 13, 2011
Owing to an overwhelming popular demand, a fabulous opportunity, a dash of inspiration from award-winning wine writer Tyson Steltzer and a mere smidge of sceptism, it gives me great pleasure to announce that my self-published book “An Epicurean Odyssey: A Road Trip Around New Zealand” is now available as an eBook. Rest assured my dear [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Food and Wine Matching, Gallery, Interviews, Recipes, Restaurant Reviews, Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Videos, Wine Reviews | Tagged Amazon, An Epicurean Odyssey, Anna Hansen, Book, Central Otago, Christchurch, David Cox, eBook, Food and wine matching, food blogs, Gallery, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Interviews, Kindle, Kindle Store, Lulu.com, Marlborough, Martinborough, Michael Seresin, Nelson, New Zealand, New Zealand Earthquake Appeal Fund, New Zealand Wine Growers, Peter Gordon, Providores Restaurant, Recipes, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Self-publishing, social media, Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Videos, Waipara, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, You Tube |
By Robert Giorgione on August 30, 2011
On Twitter recently, the guys from Vrazon made the followng announcement: “Building on last year’s success, the Born Digital Wine Awards (BDWA) announces the new 2011 judging panel and awards category. The BDWA awards recognize writers and artists internationally for content first published online in a free and unrestricted manner. The Born Digital Wine Awards [...]
Posted in Competitions, Videos | Tagged Born Digital Wine Awards, Catavino, Competitions, Gabriella Opaz, Photos, Robert Giorgione, Robert McIntosh, Roving Sommelier, Ryan Opaz, social media, Videos, Vrazon, wine blogs, Wine Reviews |
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