by NovaCadamatre | Aug 10, 2015 | Musings
At the end of this week is the biggest yearly event in wine bloggingdom (Yes, I did just make that word up!); The Wine Blogger Conference 2015. By the end of the week, Wine Bloggers from around the world will have descended on Corning, NY located in the Southern Tier...
by NovaCadamatre | Jul 20, 2015 | Master Of Wine Studies, Musings
Several weeks ago there was an article by the Drinks Business proclaiming that a Prosecco shortage was nigh. This sparked off a number of news outlets to cover the story. Given that Prosecco is one of the hottest drinks on the market right now this was grave news...
by NovaCadamatre | Jun 29, 2015 | Musings
Hang on for the ride here folks… For a full disclaimer, I am Southern. I’m proud to be Southern but the South has a dark stain on its past that no one should be celebrating or proud of. This is a post I have been thinking about for quite a while but it has become far...
by NovaCadamatre | Jun 22, 2015 | Musings
I have been watching this issue unfold very closely over the past few months since the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) report came out in March naming glyphosate, the active ingredient in the wildly popular herbicide, possibly carcinogenic to...
by NovaCadamatre | Apr 27, 2015 | Musings
The above is a picture of the actual Oregon Trail ruts in Wyoming. Picture from here. Quite a while ago I wrote a post about “Who are the Millennials? Generally, I was trying to defend the amazing generalization that the media had been painting about people...
by NovaCadamatre | Apr 20, 2015 | Musings
Last week, I went to the one place on earth that I can honestly say I found my people. Most of my biographies mention my degree from Cornell which I am exceptionally proud of but what most of them fail to mention is that I would have never been at Cornell if it...