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Wine Tasting to Benefit the Center for Women & Enterprise Every year I donate two in-home wine tastings to worthy organizations. For the last ten years, one of those organizations has been the Center for Women in Enterprise, whose mission is to be “an inclusive economic empowerment organization. CWE helps women business owners and aspiring… Read More

Musings on the Vine @ Cappella Restaurant, Needham, MA I first delivered this tasting back in 2008 and then adapted it to a 10 glass flight. It is unusual because it focuses on the 3,000+ year history of Italy and the glasses are milestone markers along the way. Each milestone is connected to a moment… Read More

At Vino Italiano with Giorgio Fragiacomo Another lovely wine dinner at Vino Italiano in Waltham, MA. This night we enjoyed the wines of Querciabella Estate in Chianti Classico, with our most gracious host, Giorgio Fragiacomo, Head of Sales, a true Renaissance Man. Querciabella was newly acquired in 1972 by Giuseppe Casteiglioni, a native Milanese who… Read More

I never thought I would ever say this, but the Pandemic that forced us all to our homes in 2020, isolated and quarantined, was in fact beneficial in some ways… Without said Pandemic, we never would have been introduced to the joys of the Beckmen Vineyards Futures program. Just prior to the Pandemic, we took… Read More

A small, but veteran group assembled to taste a selection of twelve Pinot Noir based wines from all around the globe. We had every major wine producing country represented. The wines were not universally liked and they were as varied as the countries from which they hailed. And the “Judgement of Paris” moment was when… Read More

A sold-out crowd of Bordeaux aficionados gathered a while back to taste and assess a dozen wines from the 2019 vintage. The good news? Of the twelve wines tasted, all showed exceptionally well and all presented themselves as age worthy and solid investments. The wines were tasted in the following order: Château Cantemerle, Haut-Médoc Bright… Read More