The Road to A Ripe Life Ripe Life Wines: Clambake Chardonnay While some of us have good ideas, others have great ideas.  Mary McAuley is one such person who not only had a “grape” idea, but a great idea.  As she was accustomed to eating coastal cuisine in the Northeast, she decided to launch her own line of wines, Ripe Life Wines, as an accompaniment.  As a fellow Northeasterner who lives on an island with an abundance of fresh fish and seafood, I can certainly appreciate a good wine to accompany my oysters, clams, and other fruits of the sea.  This was one of the things that caught my attention…

The Wining Hour Speaks with a World Renown Sommelier Andrea Gori is a sommelier. However, he is not just any sommelier.  Andrea Gori is one of the most influential figures in the world of wine.  In fact, he is listed among the top twenty influential figures in the world regarding wine on the web, is in the top 3 in Italy and has the most widely watched channel in Italy.There’s more.  Andrea Gori is also a host, journalist, writer, curator, professor, organizer and founder of the God Save The Wine event, member of the Foundation of Italian Sommeliers, blogger (creator of Dissapore and Intavino) and much, much more, as this…