Category: Wine & Words

• Wine & Words: Bridging Connections with Sancerre

  The Correspondent by Virginia Evans People express themselves in various ways. Some of those expressions are unconventional, and others are sometimes through the simplest forms. Artists may express themselves through a painting and actors through a performance. Mechanics express it through refurbishing a 1967 Mustang; an influencer through the content they create for their followers…

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  April 20, 2026

  Book Reviews, Trending, Wine & Words

  BuzzBook, JoanDidion, KermitLynch, KimCrawford, Merlot, PinotNoir, Sancerre, SauvignonBlanc, Sideways, SleeperHit, SybilVanAntwerp, TheCorrespondent, VirginiaEvans, WutheringHeights

• Wine & Words: The Cool Underdog

  The Uncool: A Memoir by Cameron Crowe “I am flying high over Tupelo, Mississippi, with America’s hottest band . . . and we are all about to die” Cameron Crowe did not technically say that line, but he wrote it. It is from the acclaimed film, Almost Famous. This film holds a special place in…

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  January 26, 2026

  Book Reviews, Movies, Recommendations, Wine & Words

  AlanRickman, AllmanBrothers, AlmostFamous, AlmostFamousTheMusical, AstiSpumante, BarrettFamily, BoonesFarm, BottleShock, CameronCrowe, CarloRossi, ChateauMontelena, DavidBowie, JoniMitchell, JudgementOfParis, LedZeppelin, LesterBangs, NapaCounty, ParisWineTasting, PennyLane, RussellHammond, Smithsonian, TheEagles, TheUncool, TheUncool:AMemoir, WilliamMiller

• Wine & Words: More than I Bargained For

  The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Now, I have stated that working in a library does not allow librarians the pleasure to read all day. This is true. It does give us the pleasure of being surrounded by books. In this profession, we come across new books daily. We are given the privilege to be exposed…

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  December 22, 2025

  Book Reviews, Uncategorized, Wine & Words

  #BookReview, #dracula, #ElzabethKostova, #Redwine, #TheHistorian, #winerecommendation

• Wine and Words: Whimsy, Wine, & Romance

  A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston Romance is popping off! Romance has always been a popular genre; however, it has entered the stage with a little more pizazz. The days of Fabio and the damsel in distress are over. The book covers consist of lighthearted bubblegum illustrations. They are wholesome and whimsical. While the…

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  December 8, 2025

  Book Reviews, Recommendations, Trending, Wine & Words

  ANovelLoveStory, AshleyPoston, Beurer, BeurerWines, Eloraton, ElsyMerriweather, Rosé, TheDeadRomantics, TheSevenYearSlip

• Wine & Words: What to Read, What to Drink, and AI?

  There have been many times when I have started a blog post and I was unclear on my next read. Eventually, something, or someone, sparks an inspiration for reading. Well, sometimes that inspiration just does not come. Sometimes we are not meant to read. Or we pick a new book up and, about twenty pages…

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  November 3, 2025

  AI, Book Reviews, Recommendations, Technology, Trending, Wine & Words

  AI, ArtificialIntelligence, ChatGPT, Pairing, ReadingTips, Wine