New site has launched & stuff

So my attentiveness to my writing here has been horrible this month. I've got some interesting wines to try tonight that I'll take some notes on, and tomorrow I'll be joining a bunch of other bloggers for Wine Blogging Wednesday. We're pairing wine and desserts, which I'm super excited about.

In other news, I've launched my personal website - www.ryanreichert.com. This will be a central place for me to showcase all my writing (concerning wine, food, travel and whatnot), photos, and to post news about what's going on in my life. I hope you'll all check it out soon and please let me know what you think.

Here's to drinking more wine and writing about it!

Cheers

Ryan

New publication in Willamette Valley

You'll know find my work published in Willamette Valley Life Magazine. This is a new quarterly publication that will be distributed throughout the Willamette Valley in Oregon. I'm very pleased to be working with Randy Hill, owner and publisher, and am looking forward to many issues to come.

If you're not in the area you can also read the online version of the magazine at their website in an easy to download pdf. You can access the first issue by clicking on it's image to the right.

Cheers!

Ryan

1 Year Anniversary - and not a bottle of bubbles in sight

So today will be one year that I started writing oe•no•phile, and here I am busy with some other work and I've not even thought about having some wine today.

For shame - I shall see what is in stock post haste and take some notes.

Thank you to all of you who have supported and followed the blog over the past year. I hope you'll find what the future holds both entertaining and edifying enough to stick around.

Cheers!

Spanish Wine Education Update

Just a quick note to let everyone know I'm still alive... and I got word that I passed my Spanish Wine Education class! While I don't think I'll be in the top 15 students headed to Spain, I am now officially a "Spanish Wine Educator!"

I'm delighted to have had the opportunity to take the course, and am looking forward to continue learning all about Spain and their wines.

Cheers!

Doing more of that thing I do...

So like many a wine worshiper, brix-blogger, and media maven (triple alliteration points) I'm throwing my hat in for the illustrious and much coveted Murphy-Goode Wine Country Lifestyle Correspondent position.

This is an opportunity to live for 6 months on Sonoma County, drinking good wine and eating good food, and all the while blogging/twittering/YouTube-ing, etc. about it. Sounds like the perfect thing for me - as many people have suggested.

Here's the brief video I filmed as part of the application process. Once it's up on the "A Really Goode Job" site, please check it out and vote for me. I appreciate everyone's support ... for the goode of wine and the goode of oenophiles everywhere. (Yes - I know - I need glare-proof lenses, and I only had a minute to say everything.)



VIDEO IS NOW ON THE MURPHY GOODE SITE

Cheers!

Why I want to learn more about Spanish wines...

I first fell in love with Spain in 2007 - or "How I became a Spain-junkie." Walking the Camino from Pamplona to Santiago was an amazing experience, and guided me through several of the best wine regions. Little notice did I take though - aside from the amazing scenery, kind people, and great food and wine - because at that time I had no idea the significance of Rioja, Navarra, or Rías Baixas. Though seeing many acres of vineyards. solitary vines twisted and just beginning to bud, I hadn't a clue regarding the varied and interesting wines they would produce.

After returning, and starting my wine education, it was actually a Spanish wine which inspired me to create oe•no•phile. The complex intriguing aromas and flavors of Baltos Mencía struck me as something I really needed to share with others. Little did I know, but I probably had quite a lot of Mencía while on the Meseta in Spain. It took this one bottle to push me enough to finally start writing. I'll be ever grateful to that bottle from Bierzo which was an excellent (and extremely tasty) muse.

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